(22480) Maedatoshihisa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1997 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Toshihisa Maeda (b. 1963) is a high school teacher and the president of the Kagoshimaken Tenmon Kyoukai (Kagoshima Astronomical Society). He is interested in radio observations of variable stars.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maedatoshihisa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maedatoshihisa is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22480 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GU3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.75 km (#11,116 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.342 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0646 |
| Inclination | 6.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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