(85401) Yamatenclub Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1996 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
The Yamagata Tenmon Club, established in 1961, consists of a group of amateur astronomers.Naming citation (20110218/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yamatenclub is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yamatenclub is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 85401 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TW14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.97 km (#15,286 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Rotation period | 17.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 3.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 9 October 1996
- (8413) Kawakami
- (8414) Atsuko
- (8919) Ouyangziyuan
- (10196) Akiraarai
- (14962) Masanoriabe
- (17645) Inarimori
- (20152) Regberg
- (29404) Hikarusato
- (129550) Fukuten