(23448) Yasudatakeshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1988 by Matsuyama, M., Watanabe, K. at Kushiro.
Takeshi Yasuda (b. 1968) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and an astronomy curator at the Himeji City Science Museum in Hyogo Prefecture. One of the leaders of the planetarium community in Hyogo, he was president of the Japan Public Observatory Society from 2018 to 2021.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yasudatakeshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasudatakeshi is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23448 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 BG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.15 km (#8,725 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.299 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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