(11151) Oodaigahara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 December 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Oodaigahara is located on the southern end of the mountain-chain boundary between Nara and Mie prefectures. It affords beautiful views and is one of the 100 celebrated mountains in Japan. Oodaigahara is in the National Park of Yoshino-Kumano and was registered as a UNESCO world heritage site in 2004.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oodaigahara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oodaigahara is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11151 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.80 km (#5,912 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Rotation period | 15.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 December 1997
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- (4807) Noboru
- (5924) Teruo
- (6275) Kiryu
- (6276) Kurohone
- (6346) Syukumeguri
- (6414) Mizunuma
- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
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