(16650) Sakushingakuin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Sakushi Gakuin is a long-established school within a combined elementary, junior and senior secondary school system in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It started as an English school in 1882.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sakushingakuin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sakushingakuin is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16650 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TE3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.60 km (#11,431 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 8.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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