(10209) Izanaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1997 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura.
According to the Japanese myth, Izanaki-no-mikoto is the god who descended to the island Onogoro with the goddess Izanami and created the land there, including the island of Awaji.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Izanaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Izanaki is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10209 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 QY1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.32 km (#11,999 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 3.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.944 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.