(20107) Nanyotenmondai Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 August 1995 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.

Nanyotenmondai (the Nanyo Citizens' Observatory) is located in the Sosyou park in the northern part of Nanyo city, Yamagata prefecture. The observatory was founded in 1986 and has been active in education and the popularization of astronomy.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nanyotenmondai is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nanyotenmondai is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20107
Provisional designation1995 QY3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.27 km (#14,553 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.315
Absolute magnitude (H)14.65
Orbital period3.88 years
Semi-major axis2.47 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.14 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.136
Inclination4.99°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

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

Also discovered on 28 August 1995

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