(9887) Ashikaga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
The city of Ashikaga in the south of Tochigi prefecture is the birth place of the discoverer. The city has been well known for its textiles since ancient times.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ashikaga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ashikaga is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9887 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 AH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,452 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.389 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.08 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 4.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.