(8929) Haginoshinji Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Shinji Hagino (b. 1959) is an engineer who worked on the system design of Japanese scientific satellites such as HALCA (space VLBI satellite) and Akebono (aurora observation satellite). He is also involved with the development of the sample return spacecraft Hayabusa.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haginoshinji is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haginoshinji is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8929 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 YQ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.44 km (#14,133 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.312 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 5.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Shinji
All asteroids named after someone called Shinji
Also discovered on 29 December 1996
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