(11817) Oguri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Junko Oguri (b. 1977) is a librarian at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. She is also a renowned paper cutout artist whose subjects include asteroids and comets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oguri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oguri is 3.13 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11817 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EQ34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 43.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.206 |
| Inclination | 6.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Junko
All asteroids named after someone called Junko
Also discovered on 2 March 1981
- (2884) Reddish
- (2919) Dali
- (2980) Cameron
- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3121) Tamines
- (3122) Florence
- (3207) Spinrad
- (3252) Johnny
- (3304) Pearce
- (3524) Schulz
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- (2780) Monnig
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- (2884) Reddish
- (2919) Dali
- (2980) Cameron
- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
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