(7490) Babicka Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 July 1995 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.

Named in memory of Marie Macháčová (1922–1998) and Marie Petrželová (1912–1998), the grandmothers of the discoverer's wife; and Emilie Dudková (1914–1977) and Aloisie Pravcová (b. 1917), the grandmothers of the discoverer. This naming is also devoted to all grandmothers, who traditionally have a major role in bringing up children in the Czech nation. This role is also reflected in the novel Babička (Granny), written by Božena Němcová, based on her own childhood experience.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Babicka is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Babicka is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7490
Provisional designation	1995 OF1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.37 km (#16,488 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.114
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.44
Orbital period	3.33 years
Semi-major axis	2.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.01 – 2.44 au
Eccentricity	0.0957
Inclination	1.88°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.03 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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