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7487 Toshitanaka

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q1970215

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
7486 Hamabe[3]
Followed by
7488 Robertpaul[4]
Absolute magnitude
+12.5, +12.66[15][16]
Albedo
+0.324[35]
Apoapsis
+3.140, +3.1403475144382[26][27]
Argument of periapsis
+299.71400, +300.972958138817[30][31]
Diameter
+8.1[34]
Discoverer or inventor
Takao Kobayashi[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[36]
Longitude of ascending node
+103.40050, +103.2745312979236[22][23]
Mean anomaly
+139.53049, +43.20821512550248[32][33]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.17 (0.17–0.17, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+13.46131, +13.48658704600143[17][18]
Orbital period
+4.42, +1612.960124786289[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+2.2425536, +2.242930367137832[28][29]
Provisional designation
1973 AY1, 1982 BT7, 1994 YM[7][8][9]
Rotation period
+4.505[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6913203, +2.691638940788016[24][25]
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Ōizumi Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
December 28, 1994[10]
Time of periapsis
+2460806.9079776094[37]
🏷️ Also known as
en 7487 Toshitanaka en Toshitanaka de (7487) Toshitanaka fa سیارک 7487 fa سیارک ۷۴۸۷ ru 1982 BT7 ru 1973 AY1 ru 1994 YM ru (7487) 1994 YM ru Toshitanaka uk 7487 Toshitanaka uk 7487 Тосітанака zh 小行星7487
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03yhc38
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20007487
Minor Planet Center body ID
7487

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Takao Kobayashi
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
7488 Robertpaul
Followed by (predecessor) 1
7488 Robertpaul
Follows 1
7486 Hamabe
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
7486 Hamabe
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Ōizumi Observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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.

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