(8912) Ohshimatake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Takeshi Oshima (b. 1966) helped develop the MIC (Mars imaging camera) and SICPU (CPU board for science instruments) loaded on the first Japanese Mars exploration spacecraft “Nozomi”. As a systems manager of NTSpace Ltd., he also helped develop the first Japanese sample-return Spacecraft, MUSES-C.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ohshimatake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ohshimatake is 3.11 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8912 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 YN1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,667 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.27 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 1.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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