(7250) Kinoshita Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 September 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Named in honor of Hiroshi Kinoshita (b. 1941), a celestial mechanician at the National Astronomical Observatory (formerly known as the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory) who works mainly on the dynamics of the solar system bodies. The present IAU Nutation Series is based on his nutation theory of the rigid earth. He served as president of Commission 4 during 1994-1997. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by K. Hurukawa.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kinoshita is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kinoshita is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7250
Provisional designation	1992 SG1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.54 km (#9,657 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.251
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.72
Orbital period	4.11 years
Semi-major axis	2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.12 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity	0.173
Inclination	14.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.14 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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Also discovered on 23 September 1992

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