(8189) Naruke Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 December 1992 by Hioki, T., Hayakawa, S. at Okutama.

Giiti Naruke (b. 1949) is the first Japanese to achieve two consecutive wins at the world championship for radio-controlled airplanes, and he is making every endeavor to bring up a future champion.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Naruke is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Naruke is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number8189
Provisional designation1992 YG3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter15.7 km (#2,952 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0860
Rotation period8.91 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.64
Orbital period5.57 years
Semi-major axis3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.65 – 3.63 au
Eccentricity0.157
Inclination1.78°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.66 au

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

Also discovered on 30 December 1992

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