(22409) Nagatohideaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Hideaki Nagato (b. 1943) opened a nursery school and become its principal in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The school started with six children but now serves more than a thousand children.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nagatohideaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nagatohideaki is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22409 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SU3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.41 km (#11,816 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.301 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 6.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.808 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hideaki
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Also discovered on 20 September 1995
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- (8560) Tsubaki
- (9088) Maki
- (11978) Makotomasako
- (12408) Fujioka
- (12411) Tannokayo
- (12412) Muchisachie
- (12787) Abetadashi
- (13156) Mannoucyo
- (15843) Comcom
- (16713) Airashi
- (17603) Qoyllurwasi