(6405) Komiyama Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 April 1992 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.

Fukuji Komiyama (b. 1924) is a Japanese agriculture and forestry technician. His long-time support has contributed greatly to the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory and its work.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Komiyama is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Komiyama is 2.02 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6405
Provisional designation1992 HJ
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.53 km (#8,213 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.263
Rotation period19.9 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.4
Orbital period3.41 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.54 au
Eccentricity0.121
Inclination4.77°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.980 au

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

Also discovered on 30 April 1992

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