(10878) Moriyama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1996 by Y. Ikari at Moriyama.
Moriyama is a city on east side of Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, in Shiga Prefecture. It was a beautiful rural town and as the population had increased it was upgraded to be a city in 1970.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Moriyama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moriyama is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10878 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VV |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.50 km (#9,715 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.212 |
| Rotation period | 51.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 4.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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