(7489) Oribe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 June 1995 by C. W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station.
Takaaki Oribe (b. 1972), researcher at Saji Observatory since its foundation in 1994, has contributed comet observations to the International Comet Quarterly. He serves as an executive member of a local astronomy club, “Tottori Society of Astronomy” and contributes to the popularization of astronomy.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oribe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oribe is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7489 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 MX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.3 km (#4,922 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Rotation period | 113 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.275 |
| Inclination | 17.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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