(8098) Miyamotoatsushi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Named in honor of Atsushi Miyamoto (b. 1961), senior researcher at Saji Observatory and a board member of the Tottori Society of Astronomy. In June 1997 he initiated one of Saji Observatory's first research projects, using its 1.03-m telescope to make follow-up observations of the faint transneptunian objects. This resulted in the first such observation in Japan, when 1997 CS29 was detected on 1997 Dec. 25. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by Y. Yamada.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miyamotoatsushi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miyamotoatsushi is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8098 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 SH2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.89 km (#7,777 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Rotation period | 5.24 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 3.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.964 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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