(22355) Yahabananshozan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 November 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Yahabananshozan is the name of a 848-m mountain in Iwate Prefecture of Japan. It appears in Kenji Miyazawa's famous story “Taneyamagahara no Yoru” (“The Night of Taneyamagahara”).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yahabananshozan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yahabananshozan is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22355 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 WD1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.16 km (#16,828 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.378 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 3.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.930 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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