(11974) Yasuhidefujita Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 December 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yasuhide Fujita (b. 1961), a Japanese amateur astronomer, is a staff member at the Board of Education in Kuma Town. He worked as a researcher at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory for eight years (1992-1999) and independently discovered the supernova 1994I.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yasuhidefujita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasuhidefujita is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11974 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 YF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.96 km (#5,122 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.112 |
| Rotation period | 26.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 2.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.