(7895) Kaseda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 February 1995 by F. Uto at Kashihara.
Named for a city in the southwest of Kagoshima prefecture, where the discoverer was born. This town is fully blessed with natural beauty and is relatively free of light pollution. It once won the highest commendation for the most beautiful starry sky in Japan.Naming citation (19981208/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaseda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaseda is 3.52 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7895 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 DK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 28.5 km (#1,446 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0949 |
| Rotation period | 5.11 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 February 1995
- (7038) Tokorozawa
- (8048) Andrle
- (8304) Ryomichico
- (8305) Teika
- (10170) Petrjakes
- (16700) Seiwa
- (23578) Baedeker
- (29345) Ivandanilov
More named asteroids discovered by F. Uto
- (7253) Nara
- (8041) Masumoto
- (9648) Gotouhideo
- (25296) Minamisatsuma
- (27182) Korinotenmondai
- (35254) Noriko
- (44487) Miyaharaterumasa
- (49442) Kubokoichi
- (49497) Tagashiramitsuo
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