(8102) Yoshikazu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yoshikazu Kato (b. 1962) is a Japanese amateur astronomer. He edits an e-mail newsletter on astronomy that is sent every week to over 4500 readers, helping to make popularize astronomical knowledge.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yoshikazu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yoshikazu is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8102 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 AQ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.38 km (#9,920 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.292 |
| Rotation period | 3.34 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0296 |
| Inclination | 3.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 January 1994
More named asteroids discovered by T. Kobayashi
- (4807) Noboru
- (5924) Teruo
- (6275) Kiryu
- (6276) Kurohone
- (6346) Syukumeguri
- (6414) Mizunuma
- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
← (8101) Yasue · (8103) Fermi →