(8594) Albifrons Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Sterna albifrons, or little tern.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Albifrons is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Albifrons is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8594 |
| Provisional designation | 2245 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.97 km (#15,278 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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