(6228) Yonezawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 January 1982 by T. Furuta at Tokai.
Yonezawa city, located in the southern part of Yamagata prefecture, has an area of 549 square kilometers. The city is in a basin surrounded by the well-known Azuma and Iide mountain ranges.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yonezawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yonezawa is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6228 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 BA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.74 km (#7,955 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.323 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.