(7205) Sadanori Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Sadanori Okamura (b. 1948) works mainly in extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology based on optical and near-infrared observations of galaxies. He has been president of IAU Commission 28 since 2000.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sadanori is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sadanori is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7205 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 YE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.28 km (#10,090 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 1.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 December 1995
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- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
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- (6462) Myougi
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