(7122) Iwasaki Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 March 1989 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Named in honor of Kazuaki Iwasaki (b. 1935), amateur astronomer and world-renowned space artist. His work has been frequently exhibited and he has published many books on the subject of space art. In July 1998 he opened his own space art gallery in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and A. Fujii.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Iwasaki is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iwasaki is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7122
Provisional designation	1989 EN2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.09 km (#14,986 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.280
Rotation period	96.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.77
Orbital period	3.23 years
Semi-major axis	2.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.78 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity	0.185
Inclination	1.62°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.765 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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