(48448) Tokuda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kazuki Tokuda (b. 1989) is a Japanese astronomer who is a lecturer in radio astronomy at Kagawa University. He observes the Magellanic Clouds and nearby protostars using the ALMA telescope. Kazuki currently serves as the president of the Astronomical Society of Shikoku in Japan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #9, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tokuda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tokuda is 2.28 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48448 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 WR2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.19 km (#12,298 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Rotation period | 24.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.250 |
| Inclination | 8.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.927 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Kazuki
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Also discovered on 21 November 1990
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- (8165) Gnadig
- (8503) Masakatsu
- (9589) Deridder
- (10326) Kuragano
- (10327) Batens
- (12278) Kisohinoki
- (30835) Waterloo