(40248) Yukikajiura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1998 by R. A. Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott.
Yuki Kajiura (b. 1965) is a Japanese composer and musical producer. She has composed the soundtrack music for many anime films and has formed the musical groups FictionJunction and Kalafina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yukikajiura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yukikajiura is 3.16 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 40248 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XF5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.45 km (#8,311 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.107 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.215 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Yuki
All asteroids named after someone called Yuki
Also discovered on 12 December 1998
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