(9782) Edo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 November 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Edo is the former name for Tokyo, the capital and largest city of Japan. Edo became the center of Japanese politics in 1603, when Tokugawa Ieyasu opened the “Edo Bakufu” shogunate there.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edo is 2.96 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9782 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 WM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.01 km (#8,915 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.213 |
| Rotation period | 4.08 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 8.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.