(7547) Martinnakata Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.

Martin Nakata (b. 1957) is a professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education and Strategy) at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. He is an Indigenous Torres Strait Islander from the island of Naghir. He leads research and educational curricula at the interface of Indigenous astronomy and Western astrophysics.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Martinnakata is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Martinnakata is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7547
Provisional designation	1979 MO4
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.32 km (#14,429 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.212
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.56
Orbital period	4.78 years
Semi-major axis	2.84 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.76 – 2.92 au
Eccentricity	0.0291
Inclination	2.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.75 au

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

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