(36426) Kakuda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 August 2000 by BATTeRS at Bisei SG Center.
Kakuda is a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, rich in history and natural beauty. Since 1965, it has been developed as a base for future space technology and science as one of the JAXA space centres. The city boasts a park with a space museum and a full-scale model of an H-II rocket.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kakuda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kakuda is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 36426 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PJ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.30 km (#16,617 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.231 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 1.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.849 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.