(8686) Akenside Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 July 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Mark Akenside (1721-1770) was a British poet and physician who studied medicine at the University of Leiden. There he met the French philosopher d´Holbach, who translated his well-known philosophical essay The Pleasures of Imagination (1744) into French (1759).Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akenside is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akenside is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8686 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 OX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0937 |
| Inclination | 7.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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