(5147) Maruyama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 1992 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Named for a small hill, situated near Mt. Moiwa in the southwestern part of Sapporo and known for a beautiful park and zoo, as well as the Hokkaido Shrine. Name suggested by H. Ueda.Naming citation (19961224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maruyama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maruyama is 2.14 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5147 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 BQ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.66 km (#6,938 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.370 |
| Rotation period | 50.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.207 |
| Inclination | 8.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 January 1992
More named asteroids discovered by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H.
- (3720) Hokkaido
- (4000) Hipparchus
- (4096) Kushiro
- (4127) Kyogoku
- (4155) Watanabe
- (4215) Kamo
- (4260) Yanai
- (4282) Endate
- (4284) Kaho
- (4343) Tetsuya
- (4350) Shibecha
- (4410) Kamuimintara
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