(10094) Eijikato Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 February 1991 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Eiji Kato (b. 1942), together with his wife Naomi, runs a bed and breakfast in Australia and introduces their guests to the wonders of the night sky from their in-house observatory. He also translates Comet hunter Seki's webpage into English to reach wider audiences outside Japan.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eijikato is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eijikato is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10094 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 DK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.51 km (#5,409 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.310 |
| Rotation period | 7.66 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 15.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.