(11152) Oomine Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
The Oomine mountain chain, located in the middle of the Kii peninsula, is in the National Park of Yoshino-Kumano and one of the 100 celebrated mountains in Japan. It is famous as an ancient religious site, and many ascetics have visited it. This area was registered as a UNESCO world heritage site in 2004.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oomine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oomine is 1.70 au from the Sun and 0.987 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11152 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YH5 |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.67 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.239 |
| Inclination | 3.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.671 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 December 1997
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- (16857) Goodall
- (19370) Yukyung
- (26998) Iriso
- (29514) Karatsu
- (58671) Diplodocus
- (100691) Hasetoshitsuka