(13176) Kobedaitenken Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1996 by McNaught, R. H., Abe, H. at Yatsuka.
Kobedaitenken, short for Kobe-Daigaku Tenmon Kenkyu-kai, means “Kobe University astronomy club”, which popularizes astronomy in Hyogo prefecture. The second discoverer belonged to this club during his student days.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kobedaitenken is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kobedaitenken is 3.56 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13176 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.8 km (#2,230 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 15.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 18.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 April 1996
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- (10375) Michiokuga
- (13643) Takushi
- (14068) Hauserova
- (14515) Koichisato
- (17629) Koichisuzuki
- (58440) Zdenekstuchlik