(18524) Tagatoshihiro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Toshihiro Taga (b. 1951) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and president of the Tottori Society of Astronomy. He is a popularizer of astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tagatoshihiro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tagatoshihiro is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18524 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VE8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.56 km (#11,506 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.445 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0709 |
| Inclination | 5.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 6 November 1996
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