(7262) Sofue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 January 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yoshiaki Sofue (b. 1943) works mainly in galactic radio astronomy, playing a leading role in millimeter-wave research of galaxies in Japan. He has determined high-accuracy central rotation curves and detailed mass distributions and has shown the general existence of massive cores.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sofue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sofue is 1.92 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7262 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 BX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.36 km (#9,946 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.446 |
| Rotation period | 8.22 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.68 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.262 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.661 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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