(9788) Yagami Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Junko Yagami (b. 1958) is a renowned singer-songwriter. One of her hit songs is ‘Polar Star’. She continues to support, through charity concerts, the relief efforts after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yagami is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yagami is 3.11 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9788 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 EQ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,852 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0930 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 1.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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