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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1981 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4887 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1981 EV26 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9833905 |
| Peri | 2.8545757 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0220650 |
| Orbital period | 1821.5697539 |
| Mean anomaly | 321.93253 |
| Inclination | 1.00332 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 289.02308 |
| Argument of peri | 88.22296 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 |
4887 Takihiroi (1981 EV26) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
This asteroid was named after Dr. Takahiro Hiroi, a Japanese planetary scientist, specializing in asteroid-meteorite spectroscopy.
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