(8808) Luhmann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Janet G. Luhmann (b. 1946) is a Senior Space Fellow at the University of California Berkeley. She used Pioneer Venus magnetic-field observations in the solar wind to investigate correlations of field disturbances with asteroids, in particular with (2201) Oljato.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Luhmann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Luhmann is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8808 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UH28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.38 km (#5,495 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0467 |
| Inclination | 4.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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