(10888) Yamatano-orochi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1996 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura.
Yamatano-orochi is a giant snake appearing in Japanese ancient mythology. The snake had eight heads and eight tails and was long enough to cover eight valleys and eight peaks. It was defeated by the god Susanoo-no-mikoto.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yamatano-orochi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yamatano-orochi is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10888 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XT30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.9 km (#2,698 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0758 |
| Inclination | 18.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.95 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.