11949 Kagayayutaka, provisional designation ', is a stony background
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
from the outer region of the
asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes, but much smaller than planets, called ...
, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 1993, by Japanese amateur astronomers
Kin Endate
is a Japanese amateur astronomer who has discovered hundreds of asteroids, most of them in collaboration with Kazuro Watanabe, placing him among the most prolific discoverers of minor planets.
Career in astronomy
Kin Endate was born in Iwa ...
and
Kazuro Watanabe
is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Hokkaidō, Japan and is a member of the ''Astronomical Society of Japan'' as well as of the ''Oriental Astronomical Association''.
Through publications ...
at
Kitami Observatory
Kitami Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Kitami-Abashiri Region Cultural Centre in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Its observatory code is 400. It is 0.72344 Earth radii from the rotation axis and +0.68811 Earth radii from the equatorial ...
in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. The asteroid was named after Japanese artist
Kagaya Yutaka
is a Japanese digital artist, illustrator and photograph who is known for painting elaborately detailed and spectacularly colored images of space and utopian worlds.
Biography
Kagaya Yutaka born in Saitama, north of Tokyo(Japan). He studied an ...
.
Orbit and classification
''Kagayayutaka'' is a non-
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...