(9196) Sukagawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 November 1992 by T. Seki at Geisei.
In the city of Sukagawa, Fukushima prefecture, there exists the best peony garden in the world. The city also hosts “Taimatsuakashi”, one of the three large Japanese fire festivals. Sukagawa is the hometown of marathon runner Kokichi Tsuburaya and movie producer Eiji Tsuburaya. The name was suggested by H. Sato.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sukagawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sukagawa is 2.19 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9196 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 WP5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.70 km (#11,231 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Rotation period | 7.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0694 |
| Inclination | 3.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 November 1992
More named asteroids discovered by T. Seki
- (2396) Kochi
- (2571) Geisei
- (2582) Harimaya-Bashi
- (2621) Goto
- (2835) Ryoma
- (2880) Nihondaira
- (2961) Katsurahama
- (3150) Tosa
- (3182) Shimanto
- (3262) Miune
- (3431) Nakano
- (3785) Kitami
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