(7890) Yasuofukui Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Named in honor of Yasuo Fukui (b. 1951), professor at Nagoya University and a radio astronomer specializing in molecular clouds and the birth of stars. He established and directs the operation of the “Nanten” millimeter-wavelength radio telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. He is a winner of the Vainu Bappu Gold Medal and other prizes. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and A. Fujii.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yasuofukui is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasuofukui is 1.79 au from the Sun and 0.788 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7890
Provisional designation	1994 TC3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.14 km (#16,858 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.351
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.46
Orbital period	3.20 years
Semi-major axis	2.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.76 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity	0.191
Inclination	0.986°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.752 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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