(10727) Akitsushima Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 February 1987 by Niijima, T., Urata, T. at Ojima.
Akitsushima ia an old name for Japan, used by the first emperor Jinmu, looking from the top of a mountain, to describe the form of the country.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akitsushima is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akitsushima is 3.10 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10727 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 DN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.1 km (#5,023 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Rotation period | 6.69 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.77 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.07 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0206 |
| Inclination | 5.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.