(8851) Okudamasataka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1990 by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T. at Kani.
Masataka Okuda (b. 1952) is a Japanese amateur astronomer living in Yao City, Osaka. He conducts remote observations of comets, peculiar asteroids, and other celestial objects from his home using the telescope at the Muroo Observatory, Uda City.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #8, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Okudamasataka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Okudamasataka is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8851 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 XB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,889 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0655 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 December 1990
More named asteroids discovered by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T.
- (4265) Kani
- (4351) Nobuhisa
- (4353) Onizaki
- (4614) Masamura
- (4717) Kaneko
- (4799) Hirasawa
- (4903) Ichikawa
- (4904) Makio
- (4951) Iwamoto
- (5236) Yoko
- (5287) Heishu
- (5288) Nankichi
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