(88071) Taniguchijiro Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 2000 by Saji at Saji.
Taniguchi Jiro (b. 1947) is a comics artist who was awarded the French minsitry of Culture's Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et des Lettres in 2011. His main works are Chichi no Koyomi (Le journal de mon père), Bocchan No Jidai (Au temps de Botchan) and Haruka na Machi e (Quartier lointain).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taniguchijiro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taniguchijiro is 3.66 au from the Sun and 4.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 88071 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VO59 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.07 km (#6,511 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 6.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 4.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 22.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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