(10547) Yosakoi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 May 1992 by T. Seki at Geisei.

Yosakoi is a popular Japanese folk song, loved and sung by the people of Kochi prefecture since the mid-nineteenth century. The song tells of forbidden love between a monk and a girl.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yosakoi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yosakoi is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10547
Provisional designation1992 JF
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.38 km (#11,875 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.234
Absolute magnitude (H)13.98
Orbital period3.48 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.80 – 2.79 au
Eccentricity0.217
Inclination4.68°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.786 au

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

Also discovered on 2 May 1992

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