(10767) Toyomasu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 October 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Shinji Toyomasu (b. 1967) is a research fellow of the Misato Observatory. Since 1995, his main functions have been to teach students and to perform radio meteor observations.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Toyomasu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toyomasu is 1.90 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10767
Provisional designation1990 UF1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.31 km (#14,441 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.532
Absolute magnitude (H)13.99
Orbital period3.31 years
Semi-major axis2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.89 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity0.151
Inclination4.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.885 au

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

Also named after someone called Shinji

Also discovered on 22 October 1990

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