10160 Totoro

Summary

10160 Totoro is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10160 Totoro is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi^[3].
• 10160 Totoro's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10160 Totoro's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory^[5].
• Totoro is named after 10160 Totoro^[6].
• 10160 Totoro's follows is recorded as 10159 Tokara^[7].
• 10160 Totoro's followed by is recorded as 10161 Nakanoshima^[8].
• 10160 Totoro's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10160 Totoro's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10160 Totoro's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VJ4^[11].
• 10160 Totoro's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VG16^[12].
• 10160 Totoro's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 YQ1^[13].
• 10160 Totoro's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-12-31T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10160 Totoro's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhc8l^[15].
• 10160 Totoro's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010160^[16].
• 10160 Totoro's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10160 Totoro's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[18].
• 10160 Totoro's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1327253'}^[19].
• 10160 Totoro's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1327896500447796'}^[20].
• 10160 Totoro's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[21].
• 10160 Totoro's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.13'}^[22].
• 10160 Totoro's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.87172'}^[23].
• 10160 Totoro's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.875257583156589'}^[24].
• 10160 Totoro's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.72'}^[25].
• 10160 Totoro's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1357.727231837753'}^[26].
• 10160 Totoro's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.2707'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10160 Totoro's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Totoro is named after 10160 Totoro^[6].

Why It Matters

10160 Totoro ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]