(8895) Nha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1995 by K. Watanabe at Sapporo.
Named in honor of Nha Il-Seong (b. 1932), professor emeritus at Yonsei University, Korea, on the occasion of the dedication of his Museum of Astronomy in Yecheon. Professor Nha's major works include photometry of close binary stars, the discovery of the apsidal motion in the CW Cep system and contributions to the history of Asian astronomy. He has served as president of the Korean Astronomical Society and director of Yonsei University Observatory. Name proposed by the discoverer following a suggestion by K. Hurukawa. Citation by I. Hasegawa.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nha is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8895 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 QN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.40 km (#11,844 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 3.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.842 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.