(7201) Kuritariku Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1994 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
A broadcaster with KOFU-FM, Hiroe Kurimoto (b. 1961), whose radio name is Kuritariku, is an active participant in the Star Week program sponsored each August by the National Astronomical Observatory. She is also the toastmaster of star parties.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kuritariku is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuritariku is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7201 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 UF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.47 km (#9,749 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.309 |
| Rotation period | 48.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 7.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by S. Otomo
- (5488) Kiyosato
- (5561) Iguchi
- (5605) Kushida
- (5606) Muramatsu
- (5922) Shouichi
- (5973) Takimoto
- (6043) Aurochs
- (6336) Dodo
- (6410) Fujiwara
- (6729) Emiko
- (6790) Pingouin
- (6866) Kukai
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