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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | K. Endate and K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami |
| Discovery date | November 7, 1996 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10885 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1996 VE9 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1361974 |
| Peri | 2.8813962 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0423427 |
| Orbital period | 1906.2845117 |
| Mean anomaly | 326.89608 |
| Inclination | 10.99308 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 78.48914 |
| Argument of peri | 90.71261 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
10885 Horimasato (1996 VE9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1996 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami. It was named for Masato Hori, a member of the Hiroshima Astronomical Society.[1]