(17462) Takahisa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Takahisa Morita (b. 1933) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who regularly opens his personal telescope to the public. He is particularly skilled at sunspot and prominence photography, and his images often grace the pages of Japanese astronomical magazines.Naming citation (20121228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Takahisa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Takahisa is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17462 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 UP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.81 km (#15,633 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.398 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 8.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.877 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.