(10555) Tagaharue Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 April 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Harue Taga (b. 1951) is astronomy curator of Chiba Municipal Planetarium. She plays an active part as a leader of a the planetarium community.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tagaharue is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tagaharue is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10555
Provisional designation1993 HH
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter15.8 km (#2,929 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0760
Absolute magnitude (H)12.53
Orbital period5.75 years
Semi-major axis3.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.99 – 3.43 au
Eccentricity0.0681
Inclination16.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.01 au

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

Also discovered on 16 April 1993

More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.