(8225) Emerson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 1996 by Durman, C. F., Ewen-Smith, B. M. at Portimao.
Named in memory of David Emerson (d. 1996), lecturer in astrophysics at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. His research interests were in the interaction of matter and radiation and star formation. He was director of studies of the first discoverer. Emerson was also an ordained lay-preacher in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He died at a relatively young age on 1996 Sept. 26, just a few weeks after the discovery was made.Naming citation (19980411/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Emerson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Emerson is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8225 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 QC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.07 km (#7,562 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Rotation period | 5.21 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.242 |
| Inclination | 1.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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