(14446) Kinkowan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1992 by Mukai, M., Takeishi, M. at Kagoshima.
Kinkowan is a Japanese bay in Kagoshima Prefecture, located on the southern tip of Kyushu, the most southwestern island of Japan. It is about 80 km long and 20 km wide. Mt. Sakurajima, a famous active volcano, is in the center of Kinkowan.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kinkowan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kinkowan is 3.23 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14446 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 UP6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.6 km (#4,278 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.174 |
| Rotation period | 6.55 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 31 October 1992
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- (11547) Griesser
- (22354) Sposetti
- (24754) Zellyfry
- (85217) Bilzingsleben
- (134348) Klemperer