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6737 Okabayashi

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q324411

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
6736 Marchare[5]
Followed by
6738 Tanabe[6]
Absolute magnitude
+13.7, +13.87[17][18]
Albedo
+0.395[37]
Apoapsis
+2.618, +2.618664198222759[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+67.75234, +67.31479082180726[32][33]
Diameter
+4.629[36]
Discoverer or inventor
Kin Endate, Kazurō Watanabe[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+53.44208, +53.44231383079579[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+63.02907, +120.4723799938003[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Shigeki Okabayashi[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.12 (0.12–0.12, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+0.81088, +0.8083035149628401[19][20]
Orbital period
+3.55, +1297.442556876254[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.0379284, +2.037444784666752[30][31]
Provisional designation
1977 VO, 1982 BT9, 1993 ER[9][10][11]
Rotation period
+2.55[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3281838, +2.328054491444755[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kitami Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
March 15, 1993[12]
Time of periapsis
+2460566.316686855[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en 6737 Okabayashi en Okabayashi de (6737) Okabayashi fa سیارک 6737 fa سیارک ۶۷۳۷ ru 1982 BT9 ru 1977 VO ru 1993 ER ru (6737) 1993 ER ru Okabayashi uk 6737 Okabayashi uk 6737 Окабаясі zh 小行星6737
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7t__
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006737
Minor Planet Center body ID
6737

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Kazurō Watanabe, Kin Endate
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6738 Tanabe
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6738 Tanabe
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Kitami Observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 2.037928 astronomical unit, 2.037445 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 3.55 year, 1,297.442557 day
    Rotation period → 2.55 hour
    Instance of → asteroid
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