(10695) Yasunorifujiwara Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.

Yasunori Fujiwara (b. 1957) is a pioneer of meteor video observations in Japan known for his study of the Leonid meteor stream.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yasunorifujiwara is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasunorifujiwara is 3.32 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10695
Provisional designation1981 ER21
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.61 km (#5,336 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0920
Absolute magnitude (H)13.61
Orbital period5.79 years
Semi-major axis3.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 3.68 au
Eccentricity0.141
Inclination5.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.78 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 2 March 1981

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