(8548) Sumizihara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 March 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Sumizi Hara (1878-1968) provided the means for establishing the Kurashiki Observatory in 1926 and for operating it thereafter. The observatory is open to the general public and was the first of its kind in Japan. Hara was awarded many prizes, including “Honorary Citizen of Kurashiki City”.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sumizihara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sumizihara is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8548 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 ER3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.29 km (#10,075 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Rotation period | 3.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.261 |
| Inclination | 7.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.927 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 March 1994
- (6144) Kondojiro
- (6424) Ando
- (6667) Sannaimura
- (16680) Minamitanemachi
- (19246) Megumisasaki
- (22385) Fujimoriboshi
More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.
- (4042) Okhotsk
- (4126) Mashu
- (4460) Bihoro
- (4491) Otaru
- (4497) Taguchi
- (4508) Takatsuki
- (4547) Massachusetts
- (4585) Ainonai
- (4607) Seilandfarm
- (4641) Ayako
- (4712) Iwaizumi
- (4773) Hayakawa
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