(4941) Yahagi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1986 by Suzuki, K., Urata, T. at Toyota.
The Yahagi River flows through Aichi, hometown of the discoverers.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yahagi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yahagi is 2.65 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4941 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 UA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.6 km (#2,569 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Rotation period | 4.69 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 1.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by Suzuki, K., Urata, T.
- (3165) Mikawa
- (3178) Yoshitsune
- (3533) Toyota
- (3733) Yoshitomo
- (3828) Hoshino
- (4035) Thestor
- (4037) Ikeya
- (4212) Sansyu-Asuke
- (4374) Tadamori
- (4445) Jimstratton
- (4488) Tokitada
- (4604) Stekarstrom
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