(8159) Fukuoka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Named in honor of Takashi Fukuoka (b. 1948), director of the planetarium at Sanbe Shizenkan Open Field Museum, Shimane Prefecture, and president of the San-in Society of Astronomy. A hardworking and painstaking planner of astronomy events and workshops, he is particularly concerned with meeting the needs of those new to astronomy in his local area. His main research is luminosity functions of globular clusters. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by Y. Yamada.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fukuoka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fukuoka is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8159 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 BE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.75 km (#7,936 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.294 |
| Rotation period | 5.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.294 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.911 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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