10385 Amaterasu
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10385 Amaterasu is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 15, 1996 by Yoshisada Shimizu
and Takeshi Urata
at the Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
.
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 October 15, 1996 by Yoshisada Shimizu
Yoshisada Shimizu
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Asteroid 7300 Yoshisada is named after him.-References:...
and Takeshi Urata
Takeshi Urata
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at Nihondaira Observatory.In 1978 he became the first amateur to discover a minor planet in over fifty years. He named it after it his daughter, Mizuho. His pioneering feat led to an upsurge in such discoveries. In the...
at the Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
Nachi-Katsuura Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan. Facing the Pacific Ocean, it lies within the Yoshino-Kumano National Park. It is 0.83368 Earth radi from the rotational axis of the Earth, and +0.55040 Earth radii above the equatorial plane....
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