(10092) Sasaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Katsuhiro Sasaki (b.1941), the director of the Department of Science and Engineering, National Science Museum, Tokyo, is known for research on Japanese clocks and for scientific education of the public.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sasaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sasaki is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10092 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VD4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.86 km (#15,540 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.413 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 1.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.949 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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