(10157) Asagiri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 November 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Asagiri Highlands are located at the west side of Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka prefecture. The clear air is inviting to amateur astronomers.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Asagiri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asagiri is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10157 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 WE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.53 km (#13,872 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.390 |
| Rotation period | 53.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0586 |
| Inclination | 7.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.