(10141) Gotenba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 1993 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Gotenba is a city at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Every year it is the site of a star party that promotes astronomical activities in cooperation with amateur astronomers to spread astronomy to the public.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gotenba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gotenba is 2.15 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10141 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 VE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.29 km (#5,557 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Rotation period | 31.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 13.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 5 November 1993
More named asteroids discovered by S. Otomo
- (5488) Kiyosato
- (5561) Iguchi
- (5605) Kushida
- (5606) Muramatsu
- (5922) Shouichi
- (5973) Takimoto
- (6043) Aurochs
- (6336) Dodo
- (6410) Fujiwara
- (6729) Emiko
- (6790) Pingouin
- (6866) Kukai
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