(7067) Kiyose Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 December 1993 by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S. at Nyukasa.

Named for Kiyose City, a western suburb of Tokyo. The city was once home to many sanitaria because of its clean air and good environment. This minor planet was observed at Kiyose station under heavy light pollution.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kiyose is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kiyose is 3.26 au from the Sun and 4.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7067
Provisional designation	1993 XE
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	14.2 km (#3,342 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.182
Rotation period	67.8 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.98
Orbital period	5.19 years
Semi-major axis	3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.69 – 3.30 au
Eccentricity	0.102
Inclination	11.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.70 au

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

Also discovered on 4 December 1993

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