(110742) Tetuokudo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 2001 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Tetuo Kudo (b. 1958) is a staff member of the Goshi Municipal Office and a renowned amateur astronomer, known particularly as an expert in astrophotography. He started his visual search for comets in 2001, and after sweeping for only 20 hours discovered C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa).Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tetuokudo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tetuokudo is 3.46 au from the Sun and 4.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 110742 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 UP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.96 km (#7,703 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 15.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.