10138 Ohtanihiroshi
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10138 Ohtanihiroshi is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 16, 1993 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami. It was named in honor of Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Ohtani (b. 1939).
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on September 16, 1993 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami. It was named in honor of Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Ohtani (b. 1939).