(26886) Takahara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Setsuro Takahara (b. 1970) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and curator of astronomy at the Nishiwaki Earth Science Museum in Nishiwaki, Hyogo Prefecture. He has captured spectacular images of nebulae and star clusters using the Science Museum Observatory's 0.81-m reflector telescope.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #1, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Takahara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Takahara is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26886 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.97 km (#15,291 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.241 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 4.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.951 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 October 1994
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- (6927) Tonegawa
- (7664) Namahage
- (7890) Yasuofukui
- (8712) Suzuko
- (9080) Takayanagi
- (9208) Takanotoshi
- (12383) Eboshi
- (13608) Andosatoru
- (14027) Ichimoto
- (14487) Sakaisakae
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