(32919) Ohashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 February 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Masatake Ohashi (b. 1959) is the former Director of the KAGRA Observatory of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (University of Tokyo) and is in charge of the construction and commissioning of the Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector, a member of the International Gravitational Wave Collaboration Network.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ohashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ohashi is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32919 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 CJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.68 km (#13,515 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 4.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.891 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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