(8210) NANTEN Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
NANTEN, a 4-meter telescope for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths, is operated by Nagoya University. It was installed in 1991 on its campus and in 1996 was moved to the Chilean Andes to make a large-scale survey of molecular clouds in the southern part of the Galaxy and the Magellanic clouds.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where NANTEN is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: NANTEN is 2.24 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8210 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 EH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.46 km (#9,776 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Rotation period | 43.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0914 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 5 March 1995
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- (10857) Bluthner
- (12782) Mauersberger
- (14036) Yasuhirotoyama
- (14037) Takakikasahara
- (18457) Syoheiyamamoto
- (18458) Caesar
- (27864) Antongraff
- (29347) Natta