(8930) Kubota Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Takashi Kubota (b. 1960) works on intelligent robotics exploration at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. He was engaged in developing guidance, navigation and control for touchdown and asteroidal surface exploration by a rover in the Hayabusa sample return mission from (25143) Itokawa.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kubota is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kubota is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8930 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AX3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.97 km (#12,811 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.338 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 4.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.790 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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