(21250) Kamikouchi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 December 1995 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
Kamikouchi is a Japanese scenic point nominated as a “Special Natural Treasure” in 1952. Kamikouchi was introduced to the world in Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps, published in London in 1896 and written by Walter Weston (1861-1940), a British clergyman and a mountaineer.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kamikouchi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamikouchi is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21250 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 YQ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,552 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.344 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 December 1995
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- (10880) Kaguya
- (10916) Okina-Ouna
- (12027) Masaakitanaka
- (12031) Kobaton
- (12456) Genichiaraki
- (12460) Mando
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