(10804) Amenouzume Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 November 1992 by T. Urata at Oohira.
Amenouzume is the mythical Japanese goddess who managed to free the goddess Amaterasu by dancing in front of the rock door when she shut herself up in the cave Ama-no-iwayado. After that Amenouzume descended from heaven, following the god Ninigi-no-mikoto.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amenouzume is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amenouzume is 3.32 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10804 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 WN3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.43 km (#5,463 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.129 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 9.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 November 1992
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