(16644) Otemaedaigaku Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Otemaedaigaku is a private university in Japan. founded in 1966. The Otemae Educational Cooperation was established in 1946, and will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2016.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Otemaedaigaku is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Otemaedaigaku is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16644 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 SH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,897 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.392 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 6.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.957 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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