(9407) Kimuranaoto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1994 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
For 20 years, Naoto Kimura (b. 1956) has been a lecturer and curator at the Gotoh Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Tokyo. He took many astrophotographs used for planetarium programs. The name was suggested by O. Muramatsu.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimuranaoto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimuranaoto is 3.04 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9407 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 WS3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.66 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.258 |
| Inclination | 5.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.992 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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