(9220) Yoshidayama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yoshidayama is a hill located in Sakyo, a district in the northeastern part of Kyoto. It contains temples, shrines and many maple trees and has been familiar for 100 years as a walking area for students.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yoshidayama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yoshidayama is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9220 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 XL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.04 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 5.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.