(5193) Tanakawataru Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 March 1992 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Wataru Tanaka (b. 1939) was a professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan who specialized in spectroscopic studies of planets and late-type stars.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanakawataru is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanakawataru is 3.26 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5193 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 ET |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.6 km (#2,007 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Rotation period | 5.34 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.07 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 2.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 March 1992
More named asteroids discovered by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H.
- (3720) Hokkaido
- (4000) Hipparchus
- (4096) Kushiro
- (4127) Kyogoku
- (4155) Watanabe
- (4215) Kamo
- (4260) Yanai
- (4282) Endate
- (4284) Kaho
- (4343) Tetsuya
- (4350) Shibecha
- (4410) Kamuimintara
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