(9198) Sasagamine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 January 1993 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Some 1860 m above sea level, Sasagamine is a mountain in the central part of the Shikoku range.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sasagamine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sasagamine is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9198 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BJ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.58 km (#13,740 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0887 |
| Inclination | 1.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 January 1993
More named asteroids discovered by T. Seki
- (2396) Kochi
- (2571) Geisei
- (2582) Harimaya-Bashi
- (2621) Goto
- (2835) Ryoma
- (2880) Nihondaira
- (2961) Katsurahama
- (3150) Tosa
- (3182) Shimanto
- (3262) Miune
- (3431) Nakano
- (3785) Kitami
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