(6118) Mayuboshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 1986 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
There is a Japanese poem whose subject is Mt. Bizan in the Manyosyu, an anthology of the Nara Era. Mt. Bizan is a small mountain that looks like an eyebrow, and is one of the symbols of Tokushima. This whimsical name uses the character for eyebrow, “mayu”, combined with “boshi” (star).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mayuboshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mayuboshi is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6118 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 QX3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.1 km (#4,527 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 3.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.