(8202) Gooley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Named in honor of Barry Gooley (b. 1956), president of the astronomy shop Kokusai Kohki in Kyoto. An American amateur astronomer at home observing anywhere from California deserts to the summit of Mt. Fuji, he introduced amateur-level astronomical CCD imaging to Japan and is active in promoting information exchange between Japanese and overseas amateurs. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by Y. Yamada.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gooley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gooley is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8202 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.54 km (#8,198 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.377 |
| Rotation period | 9.51 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.98 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0808 |
| Inclination | 3.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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