(8546) Kenmotsu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 January 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kunio Kenmotsu (b. 1932) has been director of the Kurashiki Observatory since 1990. For many years he was an astronomer in the Hydrographic Department of the Maritime Safety Agency of Japan. He also served successively as director of its hydrographic stations in Shimosato, Kurashiki and Bisei from 1976 to 1989.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kenmotsu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenmotsu is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8546 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 AH3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.12 km (#10,401 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.268 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0471 |
| Inclination | 4.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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