(46634) Minamiaizumachi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Minamiaizu Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, is working to create an environment where residents can enjoy the starry sky, as it has minimal light pollution. At 23:08 JST on 2025 Dec. 26 a large fireball streaked across the sky, prompting many meteorite searches.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #9, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Minamiaizumachi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Minamiaizumachi is 2.78 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 46634 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VR2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.61 km (#9,563 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0943 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 November 1994
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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