(5146) Moiwa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 1992 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Named for the mountain that offers an outstanding panorama of the city of Sapporo and is popular both to skiers and to hikers in its virgin forest. Name suggested by H. Ueda.Naming citation (19961224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Moiwa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moiwa is 3.11 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5146 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 BP |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.2 km (#3,643 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 January 1992
More named asteroids discovered by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H.
- (3720) Hokkaido
- (4000) Hipparchus
- (4096) Kushiro
- (4127) Kyogoku
- (4155) Watanabe
- (4215) Kamo
- (4260) Yanai
- (4282) Endate
- (4284) Kaho
- (4343) Tetsuya
- (4350) Shibecha
- (4410) Kamuimintara
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