(8272) Iitatemura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1989 by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T. at Kani.
Iitatemura is a village located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. All the villagers were forced to evacuate their homes due to the 2011 March 11 tsunami. Name suggested by H. Ohno.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iitatemura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iitatemura is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8272 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.18 km (#7,436 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Rotation period | 3.12 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 6.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1989
More named asteroids discovered by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T.
- (4265) Kani
- (4351) Nobuhisa
- (4353) Onizaki
- (4614) Masamura
- (4717) Kaneko
- (4799) Hirasawa
- (4903) Ichikawa
- (4904) Makio
- (4951) Iwamoto
- (5236) Yoko
- (5287) Heishu
- (5288) Nankichi
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