(9088) Maki Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 September 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Fusao Maki (1916-2001) was a songwriter who wrote many children's songs, school songs, home songs, citizen's songs and left hundreds of works.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Maki is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsMakiMaki

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maki is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9088
Provisional designation1995 SX3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.94 km (#12,892 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.238
Absolute magnitude (H)14.64
Orbital period3.26 years
Semi-major axis2.20 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.75 – 2.65 au
Eccentricity0.203
Inclination4.62°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.743 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Fusao

Also discovered on 20 September 1995

More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.