(7301) Matsuitakafumi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 1993 by Natori, A., Urata, T. at Yakiimo.
Takafumi Matsui (b. 1946) is Director of the Planetary Exploration Research Center at the Chiba Institute of Technology, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo. He specializes in astrobiology and comparative planetology, and the study of meteoroid impacts on the evolution of the Earth and life.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matsuitakafumi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matsuitakafumi is 2.13 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7301 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 AB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.25 km (#8,588 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.180 |
| Rotation period | 2.51 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 9.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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