(17461) Shigosenger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1990 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Shigosenger is a team of original characters introduced by Akashi Municipal Planetarium to promote astronomy education for children. The Planetarium is situated on the Japan Standard Time Meridian and “Shigosen” is a Japanese term for the meridian.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shigosenger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shigosenger is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17461 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 UD1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.93 km (#7,736 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 5.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.211 |
| Inclination | 2.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 October 1990
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- (2880) Nihondaira
- (2961) Katsurahama
- (3150) Tosa
- (3182) Shimanto
- (3262) Miune
- (3431) Nakano
- (3785) Kitami
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