(29355) Siratakayama Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 August 1995 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.

Siratakayama is a volcanic mountain, 993 meters high, in Yamagata prefecture.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Siratakayama is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Siratakayama is 2.98 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number29355
Provisional designation1995 QX3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.61 km (#9,562 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.245
Absolute magnitude (H)13.63
Orbital period5.13 years
Semi-major axis2.98 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.85 – 3.10 au
Eccentricity0.0411
Inclination9.21°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.86 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 28 August 1995

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