(10169) Ogasawara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 February 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Located in the Pacific Ocean 1000 km south of Tokyo, the Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands), with their extraordinary natural environment, are dubbed the “Galapagos of the Orient”. On the Titi-jima Island is the National Astronomical Observatory's Ogasawara Station of VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry).Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ogasawara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ogasawara is 3.20 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10169 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 DK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.43 km (#7,175 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.188 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.