(32858) Kitakamigawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 January 1993 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Kitakamigawa is the largest river in the Tohoku district, flowing from Iwate to Miyagi prefecture. The tsunami waves of the 2011 Mar. 11 earthquake rushed upstream along the river.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kitakamigawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kitakamigawa is 3.23 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32858 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.65 km (#6,945 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.183 |
| Rotation period | 4.01 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0659 |
| Inclination | 8.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.