(718492) Quro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 March 2017 by COIAS at Maunakea.
Quro (b. 1985) is a Japanese manga artist who created the comic Asteroid in Love. Real astronomical events and institutes appear in the work as models. Thanks to “Chura Ken”, an event held on Ishigakijima Island, finding new asteroids and astronomical phenomena has become popular among young students, giving them real research experiences.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #16, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Quro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Quro is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 718492 |
| Provisional designation | 2017 FZ233 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.58 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0578 |
| Inclination | 8.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.