(8036) Maehara Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 October 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Named in honor of Hideo Maehara (b. 1940), professor of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and director of the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory since 1993. He works at the observatories in Kiso and Okayama as a resident astronomer to provide advanced observational facilities to researchers. His research themes include wide-field surveys of late-type stars and ultraviolet-excess objects using the Kiso Schmidt telescope. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by Y. Yamada.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Maehara is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maehara is 3.36 au from the Sun and 4.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8036
Provisional designation	1992 UG4
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	15.4 km (#3,038 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0620
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.92
Orbital period	5.21 years
Semi-major axis	3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.52 – 3.49 au
Eccentricity	0.161
Inclination	6.75°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.52 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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