(14449) Myogizinzya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 November 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Myogizinzya is a historic Shinto shrine built in 537 on the main peak of Myogi Mountain in Gunma prefecture, located in the center of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan and Myogizinzya is a national and prefectural important cultural site.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Myogizinzya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Myogizinzya is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number14449
Provisional designation1992 WE1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.12 km (#14,916 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.127
Absolute magnitude (H)15.15
Orbital period3.47 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.83 – 2.75 au
Eccentricity0.202
Inclination4.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.829 au

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

Also discovered on 16 November 1992

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