(23475) Nakazawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Satoru Nakazawa (b. 1969) is a Japanese aerospace system engineer at JAXA, who contributed to the SELENE and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. He was also deputy manager of Hayabusa2, which succeeded in returning samples from (162173) Ryugu.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nakazawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nakazawa is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23475 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VM2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 4.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Satoru
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Also discovered on 13 November 1990
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