(8463) Naomimurdoch Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Naomi Murdoch (b. 1984) completed her Ph.D. at The Open University, United Kingdom in 2012. Using microgravity flight experiments and numerical modeling, she investigated the behavior of granular material under minor-planet-like low-gravity surface conditions.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Naomimurdoch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Naomimurdoch is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8463 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EM27 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.09 km (#7,530 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Rotation period | 3.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 2.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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