(8195) Tamkin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 1993 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Named for Steven M. Tamkin (b. 1958), an airline captain and president of the non-profit Tamkin Foundation, which focuses on donating medical equipment to hospitals/clinics. The Tamkin Foundation has generously given funding for computer equipment to the Minor Planet Center and the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams over the past quarter century.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tamkin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tamkin is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8195 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 UC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.14 km (#6,441 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Rotation period | 7.86 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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