(8914) Nickjames Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 1995 by B. G. W. Manning at Stakenbridge.
Nick James (b. 1962) is a leading CCD imager and photometrist who has produced large numbers of precision light curves of cataclysmic variables and images of unusual variables stars and comets. He is currently papers secretary of the British Astronomical Association and assistant editor of The Astronomer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nickjames is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nickjames is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8914 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 YP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,810 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Rotation period | 5.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0959 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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