(10886) Mitsuroohba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1996 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
The adventurer Mitsuro Ohba (b. 1953) was born in Mogami, Yamagata prefecture. He crossed Antarctica in 1997 and the Arctic Ocean in 1999, in each case alone and on foot.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mitsuroohba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mitsuroohba is 3.13 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10886 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VR30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.5 km (#2,268 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.92 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.13 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0160 |
| Inclination | 6.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 November 1996
- (8418) Mogamigawa
- (8730) Iidesan
- (8922) Kumanodake
- (17653) Bochner
- (20165) Zeigler
- (39726) Hideyukitezuka