(110405) Itoyumi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 October 2001 by R. A. Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott.

Yumi Ito (1941-2016), born Tsukiko Ito, was a popular Japanese singer from the late 1950's to the mid 1970's. Together with her identical twin sister, Emi Ito, they became internationally famous as “The Peanuts”. The sisters are perhaps best remembered as the “Mothra fairies” in the first three Mothra movies.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Itoyumi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Itoyumi is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number110405
Provisional designation2001 TS13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.19 km (#16,800 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.213
Absolute magnitude (H)15.68
Orbital period4.48 years
Semi-major axis2.72 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.19 – 3.25 au
Eccentricity0.196
Inclination13.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.20 au

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

Also named after someone called Yumi

Also discovered on 12 October 2001

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