(8323) Krimigis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1979 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Named in honor of Stamatios M. (Tom) Krimigis (b. 1938), head of the Space Department of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and a specialist in solar, interplanetary and magnetospheric physics. Krimigis has been principal investigator or coinvestigator on several space experiments, including the Low Energy Charged Particle experiments on Voyagers 1 and 2 and the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers. He spearheaded the establishment of NASA's Discovery program, and his department is managing NEAR, the first Discovery mission.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krimigis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krimigis is 3.49 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8323 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 UH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.9 km (#4,144 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0390 |
| Rotation period | 3.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.298 |
| Inclination | 9.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.929 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.