(9106) Yatagarasu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
In Japanese mythology, Yatagarasu is the holy crow with three legs. It guided Jinmu, the so-called first emperor, and his troops from Kumano to Nara. The Chinese counterpart of the crow with three legs is said to live in the sun, and it is suspected that the crow is a naked-eye sunspot.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yatagarasu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yatagarasu is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9106 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AY1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0323 |
| Inclination | 5.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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