(7892) Musamurahigashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 November 1994 by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S. at Nyukasa.
Tokyo Metropolitan Musasimurayamahigashi High School is where the first discoverer teaches astronomy and earth science. Musamurahigashi is the high school's nickname.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Musamurahigashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Musamurahigashi is 3.54 au from the Sun and 4.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7892 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 WQ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,815 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 1.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 November 1994
More named asteroids discovered by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S.
- (6416) Nyukasayama
- (6499) Michiko
- (6918) Manaslu
- (7028) Tachikawa
- (7067) Kiyose
- (7353) Kazuya
- (7891) Fuchie
- (8100) Nobeyama
- (8200) Souten
- (8530) Korbokkur
- (8551) Daitarabochi
- (8702) Nakanishi
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