(24962) Kenjitoba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1997 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Kenji Toba (b. 1950) is a staff member at the Ibaraki Prefectural Office and amateur astronomer in Japan. He started his visual search for comets in 1968, and after sweeping for 123 hours he found C/1971 E1. He has served as the director of the BiStar Observatory since its foundation.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kenjitoba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenjitoba is 3.35 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24962 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UX8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,879 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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