(8998) Matthewizawa Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Matthew Richard Mitsuomi Izawa (b. 1979) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Winnipeg. He specializes in laboratory spectroscopic research of minerals, meteorites and planetary materials including studies of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matthewizawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matthewizawa is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8998 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EG23 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.20 km (#5,625 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 0.906° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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