(7901) Konnai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 February 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
A dentist by profession, Reiichi Konnai (b. 1950; former name Horiguchi) is an eagle-eyed observer, and his very accurate and artistic drawings of the planets are well known. He is also a pioneer of high-resolution planetary photography, and he authored a chapter on it in Planet Guidebook (Seibundo-Shinkosha, 1981).Naming citation (20030910/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Konnai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Konnai is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7901 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 DP |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.75 km (#13,333 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 1.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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