(22745) Rikuzentakata Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
A city in Iwate, Japan, Rikuzentakata was heavily damaged by the 2011 tsunami. Its nationally designated place of scenic beauty, Takata-matsubara, was so affected that there remained only one of 70000 palm trees.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rikuzentakata is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rikuzentakata is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22745 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TN34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.90 km (#10,816 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.343 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 October 1998
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- (22744) Esterantonucci
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