(49702) Koikeda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by A. Tsuchikawa at Yanagida.
Chuzo Koikeda (b. 1928), a Japanese amateur astronomer, was president of “Kanazawa hoshinokai”, an astronomy club in Kanazawa, from 1962 to 2002. His wife Yoko Koikeda (b. 1932), also an amateur astronomer, is a serious observer of the sun, solar eclipses and aurorae.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Koikeda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Koikeda is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 49702 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 7.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.935 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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