(8947) Mizutani Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 February 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Hitoshi Mizutani (b. 1944) works mainly on the origin and evolution of the solar system and internal structures of planets. He has been a professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and played a leading role in Japanese lunar and planetary exploration.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mizutani is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mizutani is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8947
Provisional designation	1997 CH26
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	8.59 km (#6,080 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0870
Rotation period	8.64 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.85
Orbital period	4.57 years
Semi-major axis	2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.17 – 3.34 au
Eccentricity	0.211
Inclination	8.82°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.20 au

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

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