(10880) Kaguya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 November 1996 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
KAGUYA (SELENE) is a lunar explorer developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It was launched on 2007 Sept. 14 from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center. The 14 onboard mission instruments provide sophisticated scientific data on lunar origin and evolution.Naming citation (20090409/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaguya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaguya is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10880 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VN4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.49 km (#11,658 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.319 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0392 |
| Inclination | 1.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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