(14314) Tokigawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 February 1977 by Kosai, H., Hurukawa, K. at Kiso.
With a population of 8000, Tokigawa is a village east of the Chichibu mountain range in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, near where Dodaira station was located. This village was particularly supportive of the observatory. The citation was prepared by Y. Kozai.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tokigawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tokigawa is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14314 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 DQ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.44 km (#5,458 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 2.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 February 1977
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- (2924) Mitake-mura
- (2960) Ohtaki
- (3249) Musashino
- (3391) Sinon
- (3607) Naniwa
- (4186) Tamashima
- (4812) Hakuhou
- (4963) Kanroku
- (5017) Tenchi
- (5082) Nihonsyoki
- (7104) Manyousyu