(8492) Kikuoka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 January 1990 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Hidekazu Kikuoka (b. 1941) has been a planetarium educator at the Osaka Municipal Electric Science Museum and at the Science Museum of Osaka. He founded the Japan Astronomical Club in 1955 and served as its president during 1965-1985. The name was suggested by T. Sato and K. Kitao.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kikuoka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kikuoka is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8492 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 BZ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.71 km (#11,205 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.381 |
| Rotation period | 10.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.72 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0838 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hidekazu
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Also discovered on 21 January 1990
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