(10884) Tsuboimasaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Masaki Tsuboi (b. 1954) is president of the Hiroshima Astronomical Society and a leader of the amateur astronomy community in western Japan.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsuboimasaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsuboimasaki is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10884 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VD9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.20 km (#10,242 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.313 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 4.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 November 1996
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- (8419) Terumikazumi
- (8575) Seishitakeuchi
- (8577) Choseikomori
- (8728) Mimatsu
- (10608) Mameta
- (10885) Horimasato
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- (12013) Sibatahosimi
- (19314) Nakamuratetsu
- (19315) Aizunisshinkan
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