Discovered by K. Endate
K. Watanabe MPC designation 5481 Kiuchi Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 15 February 1990 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 15 February 1990 Alternative names 1990 CH; 1970 SR Observation arc 16593 days (45.43 yr) Absolute magnitude 13.3 Discovery site Kitami Observatory | |
Discoverers Kin Endate, Kazuro Watanabe Similar Asteroid belt, 5381 Sekhmet, Solar System, 5261 Eureka, Sun | ||
5481 Kiuchi (1990 CH) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on February 15, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami. A moon was discovered in 2008 with a diameter of 2.48 km.
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