(8207) Suminao Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Suminao Murakami (b. 1935), the son and grandson of astronomers, is a representative of the Laboratory of Urban Safety Planning in Tokyo and a former professor at the Yokohama National and other Universities. He established the new field of urban scale countermeasures design against disaster and environmental risk.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suminao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suminao is 1.81 au from the Sun and 0.902 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8207 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 YS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.80 km (#15,662 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.326 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 6.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.819 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 31 December 1994
- (7602) Yidaeam
- (9784) Yotsubashi
- (9785) Senjikan
- (10160) Totoro
- (10161) Nakanoshima
- (10367) Sayo
- (55815) Melindakim
More named asteroids discovered by T. Kobayashi
- (4807) Noboru
- (5924) Teruo
- (6275) Kiryu
- (6276) Kurohone
- (6346) Syukumeguri
- (6414) Mizunuma
- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
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