(7899) Joya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 January 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Masanori Joya (1940-1967) was an early member of the Japan Lunar and Planetary Observers Network and played a vital role in its early development. He was the first discoverer in Japan of Jupiter's SEB Disturbance in 1962. He died tragically after losing his way in an unexpectedly heavy snowfall on Mt. Asama.Naming citation (20030910/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Joya is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joya is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7899
Provisional designation	1996 BV3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.90 km (#12,990 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.555
Rotation period	85.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.65
Orbital period	3.59 years
Semi-major axis	2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.01 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity	0.142
Inclination	6.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.999 au

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

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