10804 Amenouzume
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10804 Amenouzume is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 23, 1992 by T. Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory
. It is named for Ame-no-Uzume, Shinto
goddess of dawn.
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 November 23, 1992 by T. Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory
Nihondaira Observatory
Nihondaira Observatory is an astronomical observatory that is located on a hill overlooking Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan.It has been the source for numerous minor planet...
. It is named for Ame-no-Uzume, Shinto
Shinto
or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...
goddess of dawn.