(14922) Ohyama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Tetsuya Ohyama (b. 1959) is a Japanese amateur astronomer skilled in the making of his own personal observatories. The Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 was instrumental in steering him to his now deep interest in astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ohyama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ohyama is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14922 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,840 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.392 |
| Rotation period | 3.34 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 5.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.808 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tetsuya
All asteroids named after someone called Tetsuya
Also discovered on 2 October 1994
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- (6927) Tonegawa
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- (7890) Yasuofukui
- (8712) Suzuko
- (9080) Takayanagi
- (9208) Takanotoshi
- (12383) Eboshi
- (13608) Andosatoru
- (14027) Ichimoto
- (14487) Sakaisakae
- (15821) Iijimatatsushi