10117 Tanikawa

Tanikawa
Discovery and designation
Discovered by M. Yanai and K. Watanabe
Discovery site Kitami
Discovery date October 1, 1992
Designations
MPC designation 10117
1992 TW
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.3013780
Perihelion 2.6516964
Eccentricity 0.1091338
1875.7087639
5.74065
Inclination 10.66420
188.38769
192.42199
Physical characteristics
13.6

    10117 Tanikawa (1992 TW) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 1, 1992 by M. Yanai and K. Watanabe at Kitami. It is named after Kiyotaka Tanikawa, an associate professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan who focuses on studying the three-body problem.

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