(8693) Matsuki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 November 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Noboru Matsuki (b. 1934) is an amateur astronomer who has accumulated a huge amount of observational data on sunspots since 1958.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matsuki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matsuki is 2.30 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8693 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 WH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.94 km (#9,024 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.379 |
| Rotation period | 6.11 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 6.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Noboru
All asteroids named after someone called Noboru
Also discovered on 16 November 1992
- (5978) Kaminokuni
- (6567) Shigemasa
- (8184) Luderic
- (8531) Mineosaito
- (12746) Yumeginga
- (13567) Urabe
- (14449) Myogizinzya
- (20039) Danfalk
- (21120) Naritaatsushi
- (21121) Andoshoeki
- (22355) Yahabananshozan
- (46588) Murakamimasayuki
More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.
- (4042) Okhotsk
- (4126) Mashu
- (4460) Bihoro
- (4491) Otaru
- (4497) Taguchi
- (4508) Takatsuki
- (4547) Massachusetts
- (4585) Ainonai
- (4607) Seilandfarm
- (4641) Ayako
- (4712) Iwaizumi
- (4773) Hayakawa
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