(8114) Lafcadio Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 April 1996 by H. Abe at Yatsuka.

Named in memory of Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904). Born of an Irish father and Greek mother on the Ionian isle of Lefkás, he worked 20 years as a newspaper reporter in the United States before moving to Japan in 1890, changing his name to Yakumo Koizumi and becoming a naturalized Japanese citizen. He was commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Education to teach in a Shimane prefectural junior high school in Matsue, and from insights and impressions gleaned during his stay there he wrote his first and perhaps most famous major work on Japan, Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lafcadio is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lafcadio is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8114
Provisional designation	1996 HZ1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.43 km (#16,387 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.272
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.85
Orbital period	3.64 years
Semi-major axis	2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.08 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity	0.122
Inclination	6.93°
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 24 April 1996

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