(37529) Ama-Miyayama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 1977 by Kosai, H., Hurukawa, K. at Kiso.
The Ama-Miyayama tomb is located in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Five bronze mirrors, believed to be part of the “Hundred Bronze Mirrors” given to Queen Himiko by the Emperor of Wei, Cao Rui, and other funerary objects such as glass beads, iron swords and iron axes were found in the tomb, which is dated to the third century CE.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #5, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ama-Miyayama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ama-Miyayama is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37529 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 EL8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.09 km (#10,454 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 12.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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