(100267) JAXA Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1994 by Sato, I., Abe, M., Araki, H. at Kiso.
JAXA is the acronym for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, where the second discoverer works. The name commemorates the fifth anniversary of JAXA in 2008.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where JAXA is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: JAXA is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 100267 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TK15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.22 km (#16,749 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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