(8526) Takeuchiyukou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Yukou Takeuchi (b. 1932), Japanese amateur astronomer, designed a quartet camera system with a rotating shutter to measure the velocity of meteors, a system that he later improved to be automatic. In 1990 he began video observation with an image intensifier.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Takeuchiyukou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Takeuchiyukou is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8526 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SM12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.56 km (#16,141 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.812 |
| Rotation period | 454 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 6.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (8378) Sweeney
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