(10322) Mayuminarita Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 November 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Mayumi Narita (b. 1970) is a Japanese swimmer who is a paraplegic. At the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000, she won six gold medals and one silver medal. She also won two gold, two silver and one bronze in Atlanta in 1996.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mayuminarita is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mayuminarita is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10322
Provisional designation1990 VT1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.10 km (#14,974 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.320
Absolute magnitude (H)14.76
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.87 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.211
Inclination1.93°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.871 au

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

Also named after someone called Mayumi

Also discovered on 11 November 1990

More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.