(7434) Osaka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Osaka is the second largest city in Japan, administrative center of the prefecture, and an important industrial, cultural, business and scientific center.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Osaka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Osaka is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7434 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 AB3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.69 km (#11,259 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 8.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.