(6970) Saigusa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1992 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Yosikazu Saigusa (b. 1928), a retired broadcast engineer, is a Japanese amateur astronomer. He discovered comets C/1975 T2 and C/1983 J1 visually from Kofu city.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #19, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saigusa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saigusa is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6970 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 AL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.65 km (#11,338 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.391 |
| Rotation period | 56.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0616 |
| Inclination | 6.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.