(10821) Kimuratakeshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Takeshi Kimura (b. 1943) is the senior executive officer at a consulting company in Tokyo and is also a well-known amateur astronomer. He is respected as a leader eager to spread astronomical knowledge among eastern Japan's amateur astronomers.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimuratakeshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimuratakeshi is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10821 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 SZ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.80 km (#13,203 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Rotation period | 5.68 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 3.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.919 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Takeshi
All asteroids named after someone called Takeshi
Also discovered on 16 September 1993
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- (6980) Kyusakamoto
- (8040) Utsumikazuhiko
- (8194) Satake
- (10138) Ohtanihiroshi
- (10559) Yukihisa
- (10822) Yasunori
- (10823) Sakaguchi
- (12357) Toyako
- (16644) Otemaedaigaku
- (19228) Uemuraikuo
- (27815) Katsuhito