(6346) Syukumeguri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Syukumeguri is a district in the southern part of the village of Kurohone, Gunma prefecture. The discoverer is constructing there a new search system for comets and minor planets.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Syukumeguri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Syukumeguri is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6346 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 AY |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.4 km (#2,289 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 7.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 January 1995
More named asteroids discovered by T. Kobayashi
- (4807) Noboru
- (5924) Teruo
- (6275) Kiryu
- (6276) Kurohone
- (6414) Mizunuma
- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
- (6663) Tatebayashi
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