(6667) Sannaimura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 March 1994 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.
Sannaimura is a village in southern Akita prefecture in Japan. “Sannai” means ‘in the mountains’ and “mura” means ‘village’. This beautiful village has many hot springs, and the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory is located there.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sannaimura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sannaimura is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6667 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 EK2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.96 km (#8,991 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.286 |
| Rotation period | 2.89 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0758 |
| Inclination | 5.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 March 1994
- (6144) Kondojiro
- (6424) Ando
- (8548) Sumizihara
- (16680) Minamitanemachi
- (19246) Megumisasaki
- (22385) Fujimoriboshi
More named asteroids discovered by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O.
- (4458) Oizumi
- (4640) Hara
- (5352) Fujita
- (5405) Neverland
- (5473) Yamanashi
- (5489) Oberkochen
- (5687) Yamamotoshinobu
- (6308) Ebisuzaki
- (6395) Hilliard
- (6405) Komiyama
- (6464) Kaburaki
- (6612) Hachioji
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