(8072) Yojikondo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 1981 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
Japanese-born U.S. astrophysicist Yoji Kondo (b. 1933) headed the astrophysics laboratory during the Apollo mission, directed the IUE Observatory and serves as special advisor to the NASA administrator. Some time president of IAU Division V and Commissions 42 and 44, he has also published seven science fiction novels.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yojikondo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yojikondo is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8072 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 GO1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.62 km (#13,646 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 2.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.