(64547) Saku Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 November 2001 by BATTeRS at Bisei SG Center.
In Saku City, JAXA operates the Usuda Deep Space Center equipped with a 64-m-diameter parabolic antenna, which has been used to communicate with Japanese solar system probes, such as the Halley's comet probes “Sakigake” and “Suisei”, the asteroid probe “Hayabusa” and the lunar orbiter “Kaguya” amongst others.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Saku is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saku is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 64547 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 WF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0940 |
| Inclination | 7.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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