(10319) Toshiharu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 October 1990 by Takahashi, A., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Toshiharu Hatanaka (b. 1962), a research associate in the department of information and knowledge engineering at Tottori University, is president of the Tottori Society of Astronomy.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Toshiharu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toshiharu is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10319
Provisional designation1990 TB1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.79 km (#13,233 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.338
Absolute magnitude (H)14.39
Orbital period3.45 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.96 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.143
Inclination7.80°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.955 au

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

Also discovered on 11 October 1990

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