(13934) Kannami Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 December 1988 by Y. Oshima at Gekko.

Kannami is a town in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, where the Gekko Observatory is located. Kannami means “the south of Hakone”. Kannami is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a town in 2013.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-08-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kannami is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsKannamiKannami

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kannami is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13934
Provisional designation1988 XE2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.71 km (#11,212 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.418
Absolute magnitude (H)13.82
Orbital period3.34 years
Semi-major axis2.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.69 – 2.78 au
Eccentricity0.245
Inclination7.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.687 au

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

Also discovered on 11 December 1988

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