(8834) Anacardium Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Named for Anacardiaceae, the cashew or mango family, with 80 genera and over 800 species of evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs and climbing plants. Anacardium occidentale (western cashew) yields a delicious fruit.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #9, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anacardium is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anacardium is 3.42 au from the Sun and 4.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8834 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.94 km (#5,133 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 6.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1989
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- (7647) Etrepigny
- (7934) Sinatra
- (8488) d'Argens
- (8649) Juglans
- (8835) Annona
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- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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