(7309) Shinkawakami Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 March 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Shin-ichi Kawakami (b. 1956) is a professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Faculty of Education at Gifu University. He has studied impact cratering and its implications for planetary evolution. He also published several books on the history of Planet Earth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #9, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shinkawakami is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shinkawakami is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7309 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 FU |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.58 km (#9,602 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.248 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 4.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.901 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.