(9060) Toyokawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1992 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Hideji Toyokawa (1926-1995) is a curator of the Gotoh Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Tokyo, where he worked for 29 years since 1957. He maintained planetarium equipment and exhibition facilities. The name was suggested by O. Muramatsu.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Toyokawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toyokawa is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9060 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 RM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,793 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.319 |
| Rotation period | 3.68 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.194 |
| Inclination | 2.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.770 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hideji
All asteroids named after someone called Hideji
Also discovered on 4 September 1992
- (7094) Godaisan
- (9612) Belgorod
- (10114) Greifswald
- (12323) Haeckel
- (13559) Werth
- (21109) Sunkel
- (21110) Karlvalentin
- (65708) Ehrlich
More named asteroids discovered by S. Otomo
- (5488) Kiyosato
- (5561) Iguchi
- (5605) Kushida
- (5606) Muramatsu
- (5922) Shouichi
- (5973) Takimoto
- (6043) Aurochs
- (6336) Dodo
- (6410) Fujiwara
- (6729) Emiko
- (6790) Pingouin
- (6866) Kukai
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