(18156) Kamisaibara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 August 2000 by BATTeRS at Bisei SG Center.
Kamisaibara is the village in Okayama prefecture where the Kamisaibara Spaceguard Center is located.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kamisaibara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamisaibara is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18156 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PU4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.97 km (#5,108 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Rotation period | 11.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0260 |
| Inclination | 9.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 3 August 2000
- (18924) Vinjamoori
- (36424) Satokokumasaki
- (38669) Michikawa
- (54509) YORP
- (61342) Lovejoy
- (61344) Jicakyoryokutai
- (87271) Kokubunji