(10367) Sayo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Sayo is a town in Hyogo prefecture where the Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory is situated. The town was declared the Town of Stars in 1990.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sayo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sayo is 2.01 au from the Sun and 1.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10367 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 YL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,367 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.171 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 2.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 31 December 1994
- (7602) Yidaeam
- (8207) Suminao
- (9784) Yotsubashi
- (9785) Senjikan
- (10160) Totoro
- (10161) Nakanoshima
- (55815) Melindakim