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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | F. Uto |
| Discovery site | Kashihara |
| Discovery date | November 15, 1993 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8041 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1993 VR2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1157045 |
| Peri | 2.1308337 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1877182 |
| Orbital period | 1551.8963182 |
| Mean anomaly | 194.51561 |
| Inclination | 11.43333 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 247.89185 |
| Argument of peri | 105.65536 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
8041 Masumoto (1993 VR2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 15, 1993 by F. Uto at Kashihara.