(7430) Kogure Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Named in honor of Tomokazu Kogure (b. 1925), professor emeritus of Kyoto University. His specialties include early-type peculiar stars, emission nebulae, interstellar medium, and nuclei of active galaxies. He served as president of the Astronomical Society of Japan and is currently director of Bisei Observatory in Okayama Prefecture. He is a frequent contributor to research and education on astronomy in Asian countries, especially Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by K. Sakka and T. Sato.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kogure is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kogure is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7430 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.14 km (#6,443 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Rotation period | 336 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.251 |
| Inclination | 4.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.951 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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