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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | K. Endate and K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami |
| Discovery date | September 16, 1993 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10138 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1993 SS1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9626467 |
| Peri | 2.1947531 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1488916 |
| Orbital period | 1512.5147995 |
| Mean anomaly | 142.41053 |
| Inclination | 4.02233 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 146.83860 |
| Argument of peri | 285.22012 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
10138 Ohtanihiroshi (1993 SS1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1993 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami. It was named in honor of Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Ohtani (b. 1939).[1]