(7435) Sagamihara Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 February 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Named for a city of 571~000 located some 50 km west for Tokyo on the vast riverside plain of the River Sagamigawa. In 1892 the Sagamino Base Line for the nationwide triangulation was set up there. In recent years the city has grown into a large industrial center. In 1989 the campus of Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, which develops Japanese scientific satellites, moved to Sagamihara, where the satellites Yoko and Haruka were built.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sagamihara is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sagamihara is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7435
Provisional designation	1994 CZ1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.78 km (#11,041 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.209
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.93
Orbital period	3.44 years
Semi-major axis	2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.04 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity	0.106
Inclination	3.79°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.05 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 8 February 1994

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