(16671) Tago Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 January 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Akira Tago (b. 1926) has been the honorary president at Tokyo Future University since 2008 and is an authority in educational psychology. He has educated many students in educational psychology and he actively contributes to the popularization of psychology through the media.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-03-23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tago is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tago is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16671 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 AF3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.6 km (#2,251 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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