(5348) Kennoguchi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1988 by T. Kojima at Chiyoda.
Ken Noguchi (b.~1973) is a Japanese alpinist and environmental activist. In 1999 he reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the youngest person in the world (at that time) to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.Naming citation (20110218/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kennoguchi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kennoguchi is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5348 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 BB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.2 km (#3,099 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 7.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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