(10146) Mukaitadashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Tadashi Mukai (b. 1945), a professor in the department of earth and planetary sciences at Kobe University, is known for studies of near-Earth objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mukaitadashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mukaitadashi is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10146 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CV1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.3 km (#4,913 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 3.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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