(7298) Matudaira-gou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 November 1992 by Suzuki, K., Urata, T. at Toyota.
Matudaira-gou is located in the east of Toyota city, Aichi prefecture. It is the motherland of the Tokugawa Shogun family, who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-12-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matudaira-gou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matudaira-gou is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7298 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 WM5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.03 km (#10,568 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.373 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 8.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.