(8706) Takeyama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 February 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Japanese physicist Haruo Takeyama (b. 1915) was president of Hiroshima University from 1977 to 1981. From 1954 to 1964 he served as president of the Hiroshima Amateur Astronomers and Weathermen Club, one of the forerunners of the Hiroshima Astronomical Society.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Takeyama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Takeyama is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8706 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.59 km (#5,354 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0855 |
| Inclination | 8.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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