(6665) Kagawa Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 February 1993 by T. Urata at Oohira.

Tetsuo Kagawa (b. 1969) is a staff member of the Gekko Observatory and an eminent observer. Besides his many discoveries of minor planets, he has contributed to the follow-up work for the minor planets discovered at the Nihondaira Observatory.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kagawa is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kagawa is 3.12 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6665
Provisional designation	1993 CN
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	12.0 km (#4,082 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.177
Rotation period	6.75 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.28
Orbital period	5.22 years
Semi-major axis	3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.81 – 3.21 au
Eccentricity	0.0667
Inclination	11.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.83 au

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

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