(6302) Tengukogen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 1989 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Tengukogen is a highland region on the western side of the Shikoku mountain range. The highland is karstic and contains rocks that look like a flock of sheep.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tengukogen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tengukogen is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6302 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 CF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.30 km (#10,051 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.629 |
| Rotation period | 3.09 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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