(15910) Shinkamigoto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 October 1997 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Shinkamigoto is a town located in the north of the Goto Islands, a group of 140 islands located in the west of Nagasaki prefecture in southwest Japan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shinkamigoto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shinkamigoto is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15910 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TU17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0997 |
| Inclination | 5.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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