(8909) Ohnishitaka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 November 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Takafumi Ohnishi (b. 1971) is a systems engineer at Fujitsu Limited, specializing in analysis and software development for orbit determination in deep space. He contributed to orbit determination under low thrust for MUSES-C, the Japanese spacecraft designed to explore (25143) 1998 SF36.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ohnishitaka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ohnishitaka is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8909 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 WL7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.16 km (#8,697 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.353 |
| Rotation period | 3.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 6.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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