(6656) Yokota Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Where Yokota is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yokota is 3.16 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6656 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 FF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.7 km (#2,399 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 1.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 March 1992
- (5692) Shirao
- (6274) Taizaburo
- (6330) Koen
- (6565) Reiji
- (6734) Benzenberg
- (6832) Kawabata
- (7293) Kazuyuki
- (7342) Uchinoura
- (7773) Kyokuchiken
- (9362) Miyajima
- (14436) Morishita
- (17501) Tetsuro
More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.
- (4042) Okhotsk
- (4126) Mashu
- (4460) Bihoro
- (4491) Otaru
- (4497) Taguchi
- (4508) Takatsuki
- (4547) Massachusetts
- (4585) Ainonai
- (4607) Seilandfarm
- (4641) Ayako
- (4712) Iwaizumi
- (4773) Hayakawa
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