(8595) Dougallii Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Sterna dougallii, or roseate tern.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dougallii is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dougallii is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8595 |
| Provisional designation | 3233 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.79 km (#5,231 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 7.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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