(10006) Sessai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1976 by Kosai, H., Hurukawa, K. at Kiso.
Nishiyama Sessai (1735-1798) was a Confucian scholar in the Edo period, born at Kamogata, Okayama prefecture.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sessai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sessai is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10006 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 UR15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.60 km (#7,006 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.122 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0574 |
| Inclination | 9.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 October 1976
- (2271) Kiso
- (2337) Boubin
- (2340) Hathor
- (2470) Agematsu
- (2989) Imago
- (5541) Seimei
- (6846) Kansazan
- (11442) Seijin-Sanso
- (14313) Dodaira
- (16357) Risanpei
- (18289) Yokoyamakoichi