(16625) Kunitsugu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kunitsugu Terakado (b. 1942) was involved in the establishment and improvement of rules and regulations for the National Space Development Agency of Japan. He was also involved in the launch of the rockets N-1 and H-II and was in charge of a project for launching meteorological and communications satellites.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kunitsugu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kunitsugu is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16625 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 HG1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0843 |
| Inclination | 3.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.958 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.