10385 Amaterasu

Summary

10385 Amaterasu is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10385 Amaterasu is credited with the discovery of Yoshisada Shimizu^[3].
• 10385 Amaterasu is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata^[4].
• 10385 Amaterasu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 10385 Amaterasu's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nachi-Katsuura Observatory^[6].
• Amaterasu is named after 10385 Amaterasu^[7].
• 10385 Amaterasu's follows is recorded as (10384) 1996 TQ10^[8].
• 10385 Amaterasu's followed by is recorded as 10386 Romulus^[9].
• 10385 Amaterasu's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 10385 Amaterasu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 10385 Amaterasu's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 MB^[12].
• 10385 Amaterasu's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 VH^[13].
• 10385 Amaterasu's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TL12^[14].
• 10385 Amaterasu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-10-15T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 10385 Amaterasu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0rf0^[16].
• 10385 Amaterasu's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010385^[17].
• 10385 Amaterasu's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 10385 Amaterasu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 10385 Amaterasu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1890338'}^[20].
• 10385 Amaterasu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1901466352194603'}^[21].
• 10385 Amaterasu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[22].
• 10385 Amaterasu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.86'}^[23].
• 10385 Amaterasu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.50774'}^[24].
• 10385 Amaterasu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.51271849188105'}^[25].
• 10385 Amaterasu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.4'}^[26].
• 10385 Amaterasu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1606.319745590857'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10385 Amaterasu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Amaterasu is named after 10385 Amaterasu^[7].

Why It Matters

10385 Amaterasu ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]