(7379) Naoyaimae Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Naoya Imae (b. 1964) is a curator at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo, whose petrologic studies of carbonaceous chondrites and martian meteorites have focused on understanding the processes of aqueous alteration on minor planets and igneous differentiation on Mars.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Naoyaimae is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Naoyaimae is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7379 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EC29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.28 km (#14,544 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.164 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 2.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Naoya
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Also discovered on 1 March 1981
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt