(12788) Shigeno Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1995 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Toramatsu Shigeno (1898-1986), the discoverer's father-in-law, had a keen interests in astronomy and participated in the construction of the Nannyou Observatory.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shigeno is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shigeno is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12788 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SZ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.65 km (#9,486 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Rotation period | 35.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 6.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.780 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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