(11108) Hachimantai Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 October 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Hachimantai is a beautiful highland. Some 1600 m high, it forms a part of the Ohu-Mountains located in northern Honshu. It is named as one of the 100 most celebrated mountains of Japan.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hachimantai is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hachimantai is 2.68 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11108
Provisional designation1995 UJ6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.71 km (#6,859 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.171
Rotation period3.35 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.46
Orbital period5.24 years
Semi-major axis3.02 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.67 – 3.37 au
Eccentricity0.116
Inclination9.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.68 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 27 October 1995

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