(11086) Nagatayuji Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Yuji Nagata (b. 1953), former director of the Fukuoka Astronomical Society, has interests in comets and solar eclipses.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nagatayuji is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nagatayuji is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11086
Provisional designation1993 TC1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.91 km (#9,064 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.161
Absolute magnitude (H)13.98
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.90 – 2.62 au
Eccentricity0.161
Inclination5.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.901 au

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

Also named after someone called Yuji

Also discovered on 11 October 1993

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