(7504) Kawakita Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Hideyo Kawakita (b. 1970) is on the staff at the Gunma Astronomical Observatory. His scientific interests include comets, planets, and formation of our solar system.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kawakita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kawakita is 3.28 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7504 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.3 km (#4,923 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 1.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hideyo
All asteroids named after someone called Hideyo
Also discovered on 2 January 1997
- (8582) Kazuhisa
- (8735) Yoshiosakai
- (9105) Matsumura
- (11140) Yakedake
- (12456) Genichiaraki
- (12464) Manhattan
- (12823) Pochintesta
- (16790) Yuuzou
- (35313) Hangtianyuan
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- (5924) Teruo
- (6275) Kiryu
- (6276) Kurohone
- (6346) Syukumeguri
- (6414) Mizunuma
- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
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