(6270) Kabukuri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1991 by Inoda, S., Urata, T. at Karasuyama.
Kabukuri-numa is a marsh in Miyagi prefecture in northeastern Japan. It has a great deal of biodiversity and around 50 000 wild geese winter there every year. This marsh was designated as a wetland under the Ramsar Convention in 2005. The name was suggested by T. Yusa.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #9, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kabukuri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kabukuri is 2.15 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6270 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 BD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.40 km (#14,234 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.507 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0931 |
| Inclination | 5.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 January 1991
- (5242) Kenreimonin
- (6829) Charmawidor
- (9040) Flacourtia
- (13059) Ducuroir
- (19999) Depardieu
- (42485) Stendhal
- (85183) Marcelayme
More named asteroids discovered by Inoda, S., Urata, T.
- (3902) Yoritomo
- (3950) Yoshida
- (5242) Kenreimonin
- (5851) Inagawa
- (6197) Taracho
- (6211) Tsubame
- (6233) Kimura
- (6324) Kejonuma
- (6725) Engyoji
- (6786) Doudantsutsuji
- (9178) Momoyo
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