(11752) Masatakesagai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 1999 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Masatake Sagai (b. 1950) became a member of the Nanyo Astronomical Club in 1985 and is an active popularizer of astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-02-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masatakesagai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masatakesagai is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11752 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 OU3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.91 km (#10,794 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Rotation period | 5.12 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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