(10572) Kominejo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 November 1994 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Kominejo castle, in Sirakawa city, is famous as a place where observations were made of the 1887 Aug. 19 total solar eclipse, the track of which passed across the center of Japan.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kominejo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kominejo is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10572 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VO7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,007 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0680 |
| Inclination | 2.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.