(17516) Kogayukihito Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 1992 by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Yukihito Koga (b. 1959), the executive announcer at the broadcasting station in Fukuoka, is also very well known as an amateur astronomer and as an astronomical anchorperson in Kyushu. His main interests are comets, meteors, solar eclipses and deep-space observations.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kogayukihito is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kogayukihito is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17516 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 UZ6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.35 km (#11,946 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 3.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 October 1992
- (6408) Saijo
- (6459) Hidesan
- (7475) Kaizuka
- (10802) Masamifuruya
- (11546) Miyoshimachi
- (13565) Yotakanashi
- (24753) Fujikake
- (27787) Andokazuma