(7028) Tachikawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 December 1993 by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S. at Nyukasa.
Tachikawa is a suburban city west of Tokyo. After World War II Tachikawa was reborn as a commercial center. It declared itself a peaceful city and continues to grow to this day.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tachikawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tachikawa is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7028 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 XC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.30 km (#7,305 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.275 |
| Rotation period | 10.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0689 |
| Inclination | 3.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.