(29299) Kazama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Seiji Kazama (b. 1962) is a Japanese amateur astronomer. He is the representative of the Internet TV station KitaSubaru, which opened in 2012 at the Nayoro Observatory in Hokkaido. The station broadcasts astronomy topics once a week.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #17, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kazama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kazama is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29299 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TW1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.14 km (#8,738 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.187 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0709 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Seiji
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