(8540) Ardeberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Arne Ardeberg (b. 1940), professor emeritus of astronomy at Lund Observatory, was director of the European Southern Observatory at La Silla between 1979 and 1984. He played a very important role in the development of future extremely large telescopes with primary mirrors of aperture 30-50 meters.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ardeberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ardeberg is 3.68 au from the Sun and 4.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8540 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FK80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.53 km (#5,395 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.46 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 4.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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