(8301) Haseyuji Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yuji Hase (1964-2002), an instructor of material technology at Kumamoto technical high school, played a leading role in amateur astronomical computing and was an active founding member of Kumamoto Civil Astronomical Observatory.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haseyuji is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haseyuji is 2.11 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8301 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 BG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.78 km (#9,260 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0980 |
| Inclination | 3.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Yuji
All asteroids named after someone called Yuji
Also discovered on 30 January 1995
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