(107805) Saibi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 2001 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.

Saibi Koto-gakko is a private high school in Ehime prefecture. It was founded in 1901 as the Matsuyama Sewing School and renamed after its reorganization in 1911. Several tens of students from the high school learn astronomy every summer at Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory.Naming citation (20090409/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Saibi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saibi is 2.13 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number107805
Provisional designation2001 FY58
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.77
Orbital period3.74 years
Semi-major axis2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity0.118
Inclination5.28°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

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

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