(8952) ODAS Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
From Oct. 1996 to Mar. 1999 the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey operated the first and only quasiautomatic European near-Earth-asteroid search program. In the course of this survey, five NEAs, ten Mars-crossers and a comet were discovered. ODAS also produced more than 44 000 astrometric positions of 2200 new minor planets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #1, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where ODAS is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: ODAS is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8952 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 EG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.77 km (#11,059 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.162 |
| Rotation period | 3.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0623 |
| Inclination | 2.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 March 1998
- (16912) Rhiannon
- (17764) Schatzman
- (18634) Champigneulles
- (18635) Frouard
- (18636) Villedepompey
- (18637) Liverdun
- (18638) Nouet
- (18644) Arashiyama
- (19395) Barrera
- (19398) Creedence
- (22519) Gerardklein
- (22521) ZZ Top
More named asteroids discovered by ODAS
- (9811) Cavadore
- (10210) Nathues
- (10424) Gaillard
- (10425) Landfermann
- (10628) Feuerbacher
- (10891) Fink
- (10907) Savalle
- (10908) Kallestroetzel
- (10943) Brunier
- (11148) Einhardress
- (11158) Cirou
- (11352) Koldewey
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