(49440) Kenzotange Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 December 1998 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Kenzo Tange (1913-2005), a world-renowned Japanese architect, was born in Osaka and lived in Ehime prefecture until junior high school. He designed many public buildings, including the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the Kagawa Prefectural Office and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Buildings.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kenzotange is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenzotange is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 49440 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YP5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,594 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0798 |
| Inclination | 1.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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