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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | H. Kosai and K. Hurukawa |
| Discovery site | Kiso Station of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 22, 1976 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10006 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1976 UR15 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7862994 |
| Peri | 2.4837132 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0574166 |
| Orbital period | 1562.3232893 |
| Mean anomaly | 131.76133 |
| Inclination | 9.90541 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 49.44427 |
| Argument of peri | 340.86006 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
10006 Sessai (1976 UR15) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1976 by H. Kosai and K. Hurukawa at the Kiso Station of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. It is named after Nishiyama Sessai, an 18th-century Confucian scholar during Japan's Edo period.
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