8608 Chelomey (1976 YO2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after the Russian rocket scientist Vladimir Chelomey, the Director of the Research Cantre for space projects, located in Reutov, east of Moscow, Russia. This Centre produced the first in the World satellite, launched in 1957, called Sputnik.