(8741) Suzukisuzuko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 January 1998 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
In 1975 Suzuko Suzuki (1927-1985) published a collection of poetic essays on her love for the beauty and wonders of the starry night sky. She made many accurate and beautiful color sketches of Mars with a small refractor in 1971 and 1973 and continued counting micrometeorites from 1972 to 1978.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suzukisuzuko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suzukisuzuko is 3.14 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8741 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BR8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.73 km (#7,959 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.21 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0394 |
| Inclination | 9.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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