(13034) Nobuowatanabe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 1989 by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T. at Kani.
Nobuo Watanabe (b. 1962) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who observes comets. He is a member of the Hoshi-no-hiroba astronomy group.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #16, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nobuowatanabe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nobuowatanabe is 2.35 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13034 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 UN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,919 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.272 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 3.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.895 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Nobuo
All asteroids named after someone called Nobuo
Also discovered on 23 October 1989
- (4802) Khatchaturian
- (4840) Otaynang
- (4972) Pachelbel
- (5478) Wartburg
- (5820) Babelsberg
- (5909) Nagoya
- (8158) Herder
- (37573) Enricocaruso
- (48434) Maxbeckmann
- (48435) Jaspers
- (58163) Minnesang
- (100019) Gregorianik
More named asteroids discovered by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T.
- (4265) Kani
- (4351) Nobuhisa
- (4353) Onizaki
- (4614) Masamura
- (4717) Kaneko
- (4799) Hirasawa
- (4903) Ichikawa
- (4904) Makio
- (4951) Iwamoto
- (5236) Yoko
- (5287) Heishu
- (5288) Nankichi
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