(22397) Minobe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Tatsuo Minobe (b. 1946) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and director of the Tachibana Observatory in Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture. He is a keen popularizer of astronomy, well known throughout his home province. His major interests include observing comets and planets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Minobe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Minobe is 2.28 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22397 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.75 km (#9,307 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.281 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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