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Amaterasu

10385 Amaterasu

Minor Planet Designation10385 Amaterasu
Asteroid GroupMain Asteroid Belt
Asteroid FamilyEunomia family
Composition ClassS-type (stony)
Orbital Period4 years, 145 days
Distance from the SunSemi-Major Axis: 401,582,000 km (2.68 AU)
Perihelion: 325,115,000 km (2.17 AU)
Aphelion: 478,049,000 km (3.20 AU)
Eccentricity0.1904
Diameter (Mean)8.9 kilometres
NotesA tiny stony asteroid, averaging less than nine kilometres in diameter. This is one of an estimated six thousand objects that together form the Eunomia family, representing debris from an ancient event that broke apart a much larger body and left its fragments floating through the Asteroid Belt.

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