(13564) Kodomomiraikan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 October 1992 by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Kodomomiraikan (“Museum of Future for Kids”) is a hands-on-activity-based center for children that will open in 2010 in Edogawa, Tokyo. This facility will provide an opportunity for kids to continue to learn various subjects, including astronomy, the universe, manufacturing and nature.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kodomomiraikan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kodomomiraikan is 1.95 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13564
Provisional designation1992 UH1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.22 km (#16,739 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.517
Absolute magnitude (H)15.0
Orbital period3.35 years
Semi-major axis2.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.88 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.160
Inclination3.56°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.895 au

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

Also discovered on 19 October 1992

More named asteroids discovered by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K.