(5631) Sekihokutouge Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Where Sekihokutouge is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sekihokutouge is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5631
Provisional designation1993 FE1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.54 km (#11,559 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.375
Absolute magnitude (H)13.67
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.11 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity0.0948
Inclination1.23°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.10 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 20 March 1993

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