(8275) Inca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
At the time of the Spanish conquest (1531-1539) the Inca state was a highly civilized and sophisticated empire. With Cuzco as the capital, it covered the southern part of modern Ecuador, all of Peru and Bolivia and the northern part of Chile. The main language spoken throughout the empire was Quechua.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Inca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Inca is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8275 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VR8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.94 km (#15,380 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.356 |
| Rotation period | 273 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0947 |
| Inclination | 3.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 November 1990
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- (7241) Kuroda
- (7242) Okyudo
- (10091) Bandaisan
- (10322) Mayuminarita
- (11510) Borges
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- (4038) Kristina
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- (4342) Freud
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