(11915) Nishiinoue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Tsuyoshi Nishiinoue (b. 1954) studied at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Western Australian Museum in 1991. Upon his return to Japan, he became director of Kihoku Observatory, in Kagoshima prefecture, in 1995. He remains a scholar and popularizer of astronomy.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nishiinoue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nishiinoue is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11915 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 5.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.868 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tsuyoshi
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Also discovered on 23 September 1992
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- (11075) Donhoff
- (12329) Liebermann
- (13561) Kudogou