(8104) Kumamori Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 January 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Teruaki Kumamori (b. 1949), planetarium educator of Sakai City Culture Center, Osaka, is an expert in telescope making and has made Wright-Väisälä, Dall-Kirkham, Schiefspiegler and other optics in addition to mechanical parts for them. He also takes high-resolution digital movies of the planets.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kumamori is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kumamori is 3.05 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8104 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 BW4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0842 |
| Inclination | 9.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Teruaki
All asteroids named after someone called Teruaki
Also discovered on 19 January 1994
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- (6420) Riheijyaya
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