(6908) Kunimoto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 November 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Named in honor of Yoshihiro Kunimoto (b. 1958), Japanese composer and synthesizer musician. He has written and played theme and background music for more than 60 planetarium shows at the Hiroshima Children's Museum. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and K. Kato.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kunimoto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kunimoto is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6908 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 WB3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.44 km (#8,315 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.388 |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0916 |
| Inclination | 5.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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