(8233) Asada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Tadashi Asada (b. 1954), professor of computer science at Kyushu International University, is a specialist in numerical experiments of the dynamics of Jupiter's atmosphere. He was secretary of the Mars Section and the Jupiter-Saturn section of the Oriental Astronomical Association.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Asada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asada is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8233 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 VZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,965 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 21.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.974 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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