(8276) Shigei Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1991 by Otomo, S., Muramatsu, O. at Kiyosato.
Named in honor of Mika Shigei (b. 1968), lecturer and curator of the Gotoh Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Tokyo, where she was in charge of an exhibition on meteorites.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shigei is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shigei is 2.65 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8276 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 FL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.55 km (#11,520 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.339 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 1.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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