(14998) Ogosemachi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 1997 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Ogosemachi is a town in the center of Saitama Prefecture. It is famous for Kuroyama-santaki, three waterfalls in the Prefectural Kuroyama Nature Park, and Echigo Ume Grove, one of the three famous ume groves in the Kanto district.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ogosemachi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ogosemachi is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14998 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 VU6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.06 km (#12,603 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.427 |
| Rotation period | 3.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0685 |
| Inclination | 2.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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