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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | K. Endate and K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami |
| Discovery date | October 28, 1992 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10802 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1992 UL6 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2334019 |
| Peri | 2.2355875 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1824495 |
| Orbital period | 1651.6348777 |
| Mean anomaly | 130.85865 |
| Inclination | 6.31095 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 74.88434 |
| Argument of peri | 5.43643 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
10802 Masamifuruya (1992 UL6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 28, 1992 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami. It is named for Masami Furuya, a research fellow at the Kawabe Observatory.[1]