(22394) Kondouakira Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Akira Kondou (b. 1943) has been director of the Saga City Hoshizora Astronomy Center since 2016. He is a widely respected astronomy scholar and a keen popularizer of astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kondouakira is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kondouakira is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22394 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.36 km (#5,506 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.116 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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