(8933) Kurobe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 1997 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
The Kurobe ravine, in Toyama prefecture, is the largest and deepest in Japan, inaccessible for six months each year because of snowfall. An arch-type dam there is one of the largest of its kind in the world.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kurobe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kurobe is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8933 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AU6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0709 |
| Inclination | 3.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 January 1997
- (7618) Gotoyukichi
- (8930) Kubota
- (8931) Hirokimatsuo
- (8932) Nagatomo
- (9107) Narukospa
- (17681) Tweedledum
- (18553) Kinkakuji
- (23638) Nagano