(12432) Usuda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1996 by Sato, N., Urata, T. at Chichibu.
The Usuda Deep Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, located in Saku city, Nagano prefecture, conducts command operations and receives telemetry and data from deep-space explorers such as Hayabusa and Kaguya. The site features a parabolic antenna of diameter 64 meters and weight 1980 tons.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Usuda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Usuda is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12432 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 AR1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.04 km (#6,533 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.143 |
| Rotation period | 12.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0368 |
| Inclination | 9.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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