(13188) Okinawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 1997 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
Okinawa, the southwestern-most prefecture in Japan, has a complicated history and beautiful sea and islands. The Okinawa Tracking and Communication Station of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is located on a hill to conduct command operations and receive telemetry from satellites that observe the earth or the moon.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Okinawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Okinawa is 2.01 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13188 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AH5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.48 km (#16,299 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.315 |
| Rotation period | 11.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0860 |
| Inclination | 1.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (9106) Yatagarasu
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- (12460) Mando
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- (12828) Batteas
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