(8892) Kakogawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 1994 by Sugano, M., Nomura, T. at Minami-Oda.
Named for the city, in the southewestern part of Hyogo prefecture, where the first discoverer was born and lives. This city has been nurtured with abundant water from the Kako river and blessed with a mild climate. It has a population of about 270~000, and its main enterprises are iron and steel production, sock manufacturing and rice growing.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kakogawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kakogawa is 2.73 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8892 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 RC11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.2 km (#3,659 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.55 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 1.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 September 1994
More named asteroids discovered by Sugano, M., Nomura, T.
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