(24981) Shigekimurakami Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Shigeki Murakami (b. 1962), born in Shiga Prefecture, is a senior researcher at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute and amateur astronomer in Japan. Using a homemade 0.46-m Dobsonian telescope, he codiscovered C/2002 E2.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shigekimurakami is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shigekimurakami is 2.13 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24981 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KB5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.06 km (#16,979 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 4.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.832 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Shigeki
All asteroids named after someone called Shigeki
Also discovered on 22 May 1998
- (9466) Shishir
- (11187) Richoliver
- (11730) Yanhua
- (11735) Isabellecohen
- (12104) Chesley
- (12106) Menghuan
- (12107) Reneebarcia
- (12108) Jamesaustin
- (12529) Reighard
- (12530) Richardson
- (12860) Turney
- (12861) Wacker
More named asteroids discovered by A. Nakamura
- (6255) Kuma
- (6800) Saragamine
- (6804) Maruseppu
- (7206) Shiki
- (7438) Misakatouge
- (7484) Dogo Onsen
- (7678) Onoda
- (7716) Ube
- (7788) Tsukuba
- (7905) Juzoitami
- (8306) Shoko
- (8432) Tamakasuga
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