(8348) Bhattacharyya Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 January 1988 by R. Rajamohan at Kavalur.
Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharyya (b. 1930) participated in the discoveries of the atmosphere of Jupiter III (Ganymede) and the rings of Uranus. Also an eminent solar astronomer, he was director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore and was instrumental in the completion of the 2.3-m telescope at Kavalur.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bhattacharyya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bhattacharyya is 1.94 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8348 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 BX |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.28 km (#6,319 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Rotation period | 19.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 2.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0676 |
| Inclination | 19.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.800 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.