(7956) Yaji Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 December 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Kentaro Yaji (b. 1966) is the director of Kawabe Cosmic Park in Wakayama prefecture. He has contributed to teaching and popularizing astronomy, especially enhancing community-based solar observation in Japan. He is a member of the YOHKOH team and has also studied solar flares observed in x-rays and radio.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yaji is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yaji is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7956 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 YH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,621 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.48 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 2.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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