(73782) Yanagida Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1994 by Tsuchikawa, A., Muramatsu, O. at Yanagida.
Yanagida village is located in the center of Noto peninsula. This village is home of the Yanagida Astronomical Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered. In Mar. 2005, Yanagida village and two neighboring towns, Noto and Uchiura, will be combined to form a new town.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yanagida is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yanagida is 3.40 au from the Sun and 4.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 73782 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TD15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,462 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.309 |
| Inclination | 15.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.812 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.