(6562) Takoyaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1991 by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Takoyaki is a well-known local food in the Osaka area. It is a baked flour ball cake containing small pieces of boiled octopus. The name was selected among other candidates proposed by children who attended the Fureai Space Festival 2001, held in Osaka on the Space Day in Japan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Takoyaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Takoyaki is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6562 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 VR3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.81 km (#13,184 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.367 |
| Rotation period | 31.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.227 |
| Inclination | 5.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.767 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.