(15763) Nagakubo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Nagakubo Sekisui (1717-1801) was a Japanese geographer and Confucian scholar. He produced the first map of Japan with lines of longitude and latitude.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nagakubo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nagakubo is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15763 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 UO5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.9 km (#4,123 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0747 |
| Inclination | 9.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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