(6093) Makoto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 August 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Named in honor of Makoto Yoshikawa (b. 1962), senior researcher in the Communications Research Laboratory in Japan. Known for his active research in celestial mechanics, he works on the orbital analysis of minor planets, comets, meteors, artificial satellites and space debris. He is perhaps best known for his long-term orbital analyses of minor planets in mean-motion and secular resonances.Naming citation (MPC 26931), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Makoto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Makoto is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6093 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 QP5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.85 km (#9,142 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.205 |
| Rotation period | 9.90 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 6.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.