(6983) Komatsusakyo Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 December 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Sakyo Komatsu (b. 1931) is a novelist, essayist, reporter and playwright. One of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan, his best-known tales include Bye-bye Jupiter (1980) and Japan Sinks (1973).Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Komatsusakyo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Komatsusakyo is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6983 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 YC |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.9 km (#1,549 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Rotation period | 9.88 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 7.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.