(67712) Kimotsuki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 2000 by BATTeRS at Bisei SG Center.
Kimotsuki Town is the location of JAXA's Uchinoura Space Center. Since 1962, approximately 400 rockets and 27 satellites, including Japan's first satellite “Ohsumi” and the asteroid probe “Hayabusa”, have been launched from the center.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimotsuki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimotsuki is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 67712 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.94 km (#17,095 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.355 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 3.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.990 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.