(29514) Karatsu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 1997 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
Karatsu is a city in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. According to the historical Chinese chronicles, the Records of Wei, Karatsu was originally called Matsurakoku from around the third to sixth centuries. It was the first place in Kyushu visited by envoys from China.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karatsu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karatsu is 3.37 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29514 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YV6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,875 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0860 |
| Rotation period | 5.87 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 15.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 December 1997
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- (11152) Oomine
- (16857) Goodall
- (19370) Yukyung
- (26998) Iriso
- (58671) Diplodocus
- (100691) Hasetoshitsuka