(8206) Masayuki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 November 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Masayuki Okumura (b. 1960) is a hydrographer for the Japanese Coast Guard. He played an important role in observing geodetic satellites and contributed to the conversion of the Japanese geographic coordinate system to the international one. He won the director general's award for the Japanese Coast Guard.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masayuki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masayuki is 2.09 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8206 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 WK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0466 |
| Inclination | 1.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.