(48807) Takahata Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1997 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Takahata, a town of 27~000 in the southern part of Yamagata prefecture, is famous for many ancient tombs and for fruit production.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Takahata is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Takahata is 3.10 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48807 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UT21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.95 km (#10,708 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.