(54563) Kinokonasu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by R. A. Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott.
Kinoko Nasu (b. 1973) is a Japanese author. His best-known works are ‘Tsukihime’, ‘Fate/stay night’, and ‘Kara no Kyoukai’ (English title ‘Garden of Sinners’). All have been produced as anime series.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kinokonasu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kinokonasu is 3.49 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 54563 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QJ147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,301 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Rotation period | 8.36 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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