(8737) Takehiro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Takehiro Hayashi (b. 1951) is a professor at Hiroshima University. His main research field is education in astronomy and earth science, and he has given children, students and adults alike many opportunities to observe celestial objects with telescopes.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Takehiro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Takehiro is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8737 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AL13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.8 km (#2,530 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Rotation period | 588 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 January 1997
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- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
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