(9791) Kamiyakurai Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Yakuraisan, popularly called Kami Fuji, is a mountain located in the town of Kami in northeastern Japan. People come here to enjoy beautiful seasonal nature, flowers and starry nights.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kamiyakurai is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamiyakurai is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9791
Provisional designation1995 YD1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.79 km (#13,224 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.371
Absolute magnitude (H)14.05
Orbital period3.49 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.14 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity0.0713
Inclination8.80°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

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

Also discovered on 21 December 1995

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