(10364) Tainai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Tainai-Daira is a hilly district in Kurokawa Village, north of Niigata prefecture. Since 1984, the village has become the venue of the “Tainai Hoshi Matsuri”, the most popular star party in Japan.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tainai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tainai is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10364 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VR1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,198 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 1.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.992 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.