(7677) Sawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Takeyasu Sawa (b. 1949), professor of education at Aichi University, is a specialist in research on galaxies and astronomy education. Currently he is president of the Society for Teaching and Popularization of Astronomy.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sawa is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7677 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 YP3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 2.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 December 1995
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