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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | T. Kobayashi |
| Discovery site | Oizumi |
| Discovery date | January 29, 1997 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8940 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1997 BA2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0509954 |
| Peri | 2.8086684 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0413551 |
| Orbital period | 1831.7342463 |
| Mean anomaly | 249.90519 |
| Inclination | 3.11890 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 103.22151 |
| Argument of peri | 228.81711 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.8 |
8940 Yakushimaru (1997 BA2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.