(30925) Todahiroyuki Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Hiroyuki Toda (b. 1966) is a public-relations staff member at the Okayama Observatory of Kyoto University. He also works as an astronomy volunteer at the Kurashiki Observatory, working to popularize astronomy in the local area. Hiroyuki is also known for his video observations of meteors.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #5, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Todahiroyuki is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Todahiroyuki is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30925
Provisional designation1993 RD2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.81 km (#9,205 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.397
Absolute magnitude (H)13.27
Orbital period4.21 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.28 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.123
Inclination15.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.28 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Hiroyuki

Also discovered on 15 September 1993

More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.