(43212) Katosawao Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sawao Kato (b. 1946) competed in three Olympics from 1968 to 1976 winning twelve medals in gymnastics including eight gold medals, the most for any Japanese Olympic athlete. He was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2001.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katosawao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katosawao is 5.18 au from the Sun and 6.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43212 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AL113 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 19.2 km (#2,313 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.38 |
| Orbital period | 12.2 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.98 – 5.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0591 |
| Inclination | 6.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 4.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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