(16463) Nayoro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
The city of Nayoro, with a population around 30~000, is situated in north-central Hokkaido. It has thrived because of the forestry, agriculture and dairy industries of the Nayoro basin.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nayoro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nayoro is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16463 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 EK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.32 km (#10,012 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Rotation period | 14.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.298 |
| Inclination | 7.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.815 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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