(8328) Uyttenhove Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 1981 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Jozef Uyttenhove (b. 1944), an authority on the history of the exact sciences during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has recently retired as a professor of physics and as director of the Museum for the History of Sciences at the University of Ghent.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Uyttenhove is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Uyttenhove is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8328 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 QQ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 5.54° |
| 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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