(6414) Mizunuma Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 October 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Mizunama, a district in the village of Kurohone, in Gunma prefecture, is famous for the hot spring in its railroad station.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mizunuma is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mizunuma is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6414
Provisional designation1993 UX
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.44 km (#11,760 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.261
Absolute magnitude (H)13.97
Orbital period3.12 years
Semi-major axis2.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.28 au
Eccentricity0.0683
Inclination1.82°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.981 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 24 October 1993

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