(7773) Kyokuchiken Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kyokuchiken is the shortened Japanese name for the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR). NIPR engages in research via its observation stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. NIPR is also an inter-university research institute that supports researchers and works to promote polar science.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kyokuchiken is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kyokuchiken is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7773 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 FS |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.12 km (#6,451 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.169 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 5.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 March 1992
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- (6274) Taizaburo
- (6330) Koen
- (6565) Reiji
- (6656) Yokota
- (6734) Benzenberg
- (6832) Kawabata
- (7293) Kazuyuki
- (7342) Uchinoura
- (9362) Miyajima
- (14436) Morishita
- (17501) Tetsuro
More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.
- (4042) Okhotsk
- (4126) Mashu
- (4460) Bihoro
- (4491) Otaru
- (4497) Taguchi
- (4508) Takatsuki
- (4547) Massachusetts
- (4585) Ainonai
- (4607) Seilandfarm
- (4641) Ayako
- (4712) Iwaizumi
- (4773) Hayakawa
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