(10223) Zashikiwarashi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 October 1997 by T. Urata at Oohira.

Taking the form of a child with bobbed hair, Zashikiwarashi is a traditional spirit of the people of the Tohoku district. It haunts the Japanese-style rooms of old families. It is said that a family would be wealthy while the spirit lives and become poor when it leaves.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zashikiwarashi is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zashikiwarashi is 3.11 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	10223
Provisional designation	1997 UD11
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	10.5 km (#4,819 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.111
Rotation period	7.10 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.26
Orbital period	5.52 years
Semi-major axis	3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.69 – 3.55 au
Eccentricity	0.138
Inclination	1.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.69 au

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

Also discovered on 31 October 1997

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