(8533) Oohira Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 1993 by T. Urata at Oohira.
The Oohira station of Nihondaira Observatory, where this object was discovered, was very active in making observations of comets and minor planets from 1987 to 2000.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oohira is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oohira is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8533 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0860 |
| Inclination | 8.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.