(11137) Yarigatake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yarigatake Mountain has a characteristic pear-shaped peak. A difficult and challenging 3180-meter climb, it is one of the 100 most celebrated mountains in Japan.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yarigatake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yarigatake is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11137 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XE19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.7 km (#3,826 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 3.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.