(10453) Banzan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 February 1977 by Kosai, H., Hurukawa, K. at Kiso.
Kumazawa Banzan (1619-1691) was a Confucian scholar in the Edo period. He endeavored to popularize education in Okayama prefecture.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Banzan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Banzan is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10453 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 DY3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,854 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.102 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 1.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 February 1977
- (2330) Ontake
- (2924) Mitake-mura
- (2960) Ohtaki
- (3249) Musashino
- (3391) Sinon
- (3607) Naniwa
- (4186) Tamashima
- (4812) Hakuhou
- (4963) Kanroku
- (5017) Tenchi
- (5082) Nihonsyoki
- (7104) Manyousyu
More named asteroids discovered by Kosai, H., Hurukawa, K.
- (2271) Kiso
- (2330) Ontake
- (2470) Agematsu
- (2924) Mitake-mura
- (2960) Ohtaki
- (3111) Misuzu
- (3249) Musashino
- (3291) Dunlap
- (3319) Kibi
- (3320) Namba
- (3391) Sinon
- (3607) Naniwa
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