(8836) Aquifolium Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Named for Aquifoliaceae, the holly family, with 700 evergreens and deciduous species. Ilex aquifolium (English holly) belongs to this family, as does Ilex paraguariensis (Yerba maté), which makes a tasteful tea.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #9, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aquifolium is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aquifolium is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8836 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SU3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.37 km (#5,499 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.201 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.88 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0413 |
| Inclination | 9.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1989
- (4798) Mercator
- (5351) Diderot
- (5873) Archilochos
- (6240) Lucretius Carus
- (6777) Balakirev
- (6826) Lavoisier
- (7056) Kierkegaard
- (7647) Etrepigny
- (7934) Sinatra
- (8488) d'Argens
- (8649) Juglans
- (8834) Anacardium
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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