(8575) Seishitakeuchi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Seishi Takeuchi (b. 1961) is an amateur astronomer and a painter. He has served as a volunteer artist for the planetarium of Hiroshima Children's Museum for 20 years and has contributed to more than 70 planetarium shows.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seishitakeuchi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seishitakeuchi is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8575 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VL8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.26 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 4.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.730 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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