(7463) Oukawamine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1985 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Named for a high plateau at the boundary of Kochi and Ehime prefectures.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oukawamine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oukawamine is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7463 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 SB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.10 km (#8,776 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 6.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by T. Seki
- (2396) Kochi
- (2571) Geisei
- (2582) Harimaya-Bashi
- (2621) Goto
- (2835) Ryoma
- (2880) Nihondaira
- (2961) Katsurahama
- (3150) Tosa
- (3182) Shimanto
- (3262) Miune
- (3431) Nakano
- (3785) Kitami
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