(13565) Yotakanashi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 October 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Yoichi Takanashi (b. 1958) is an amateur astronomer and owner of a very famous Italian restaurant in Kamogawa City, and he entertains many a visitor coming to see him from Tokyo. He is also a vice director of the Kamogawa Lifesaving Club and contributes much to his community.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yotakanashi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yotakanashi is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13565
Provisional designation1992 UZ5
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter11.9 km (#4,147 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.115
Absolute magnitude (H)13.14
Orbital period5.51 years
Semi-major axis3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.78 – 3.46 au
Eccentricity0.109
Inclination14.5°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.80 au

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

Also named after someone called Yoichi

Also discovered on 28 October 1992

More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.