(8419) Terumikazumi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1996 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Brothers Terumi (b. 1947) and Kazumi Akiyama (b. 1952) are members of Shirakawa Observatory in Japan and Chiro Observatory in Australia. They are enthusiastic calculators of orbits of comets and minor planets and are also active in popularizing astronomy.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Terumikazumi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Terumikazumi is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8419 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VK38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.49 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 7.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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