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8726 Masamotonasu

asteroid
Place asteroid Q780409

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
8725 Keiko[5]
Followed by
(8727) 1996 VZ7[6]
Absolute magnitude
12.6, 12.75[17][18]
Albedo
0.088
Apoapsis
3.418, 3.426988223371947
Argument of periapsis
202.09275, 199.6866315372432
Diameter
14.8
Discoverer or inventor
Takao Kobayashi[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
231.62435, 231.5236830777458[23]
Mean anomaly
345.73062, 47.59234509560348
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Masamoto Nasu[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.08 (0.08–0.08, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
8.71094, 8.700952685978717[19][20]
Orbital period
5.64, 2061.84232238184[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.9204786, 2.91367486745439
Provisional designation
1979 YZ3, 1995 SE55, 1996 VP5[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.169176, 3.170331545413168
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Ōizumi Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
November 14, 1996[12]
Time of periapsis
2460727.922468501
🏷️ Also known as
en Masamotonasu en 8726 Masamotonasu de (8726) Masamotonasu fa سیارک ۸۷۲۶ ru Masamotonasu ru 1995 SE55 ru 1979 YZ3 ru 1996 VP5 ru (8726) 1996 VP5 uk 8726 Масамотонасу zh 小行星8726
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0463bsl
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008726
Minor Planet Center body ID
8726

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Takao Kobayashi
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(8727) 1996 VZ7
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(8727) 1996 VZ7
Follows 1
8725 Keiko
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
8725 Keiko
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Ōizumi Observatory
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Summary

8726 Masamotonasu is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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