(16675) Torii Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
From 1985 to 2014 Hidemitsu Torii (b. 1947) was the director general of Sanko Gakuen in Tokyo, which specializes in welfare, early childhood education and child psychology. He is well-known as an enthusiastic educator.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Torii is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Torii is 2.14 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16675 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CY1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 20.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0852 |
| Inclination | 7.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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