(8922) Kumanodake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1996 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Zao Kumanodake, located between Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures in the northern part of mainland Japan, was designated as a national park in 1963. Mt. Kumanodake has a height of 1841 meters.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kumanodake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kumanodake is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8922 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VQ30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.03 km (#12,668 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 4.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 November 1996
- (8418) Mogamigawa
- (8730) Iidesan
- (10886) Mitsuroohba
- (17653) Bochner
- (20165) Zeigler
- (39726) Hideyukitezuka