10768 Sarutahiko
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10768 Sarutahiko is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 21, 1990 by T. Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory
. The asteroid's name refers to Sarutahiko, a Shinto
god.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on October 21, 1990 by T. Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory
Nihondaira Observatory
Nihondaira Observatory is an astronomical observatory that is located on a hill overlooking Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan.It has been the source for numerous minor planet...
. The asteroid's name refers to Sarutahiko, a Shinto
Shinto
or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...
god.