(7808) Bagould Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 1976 by M. R. Cesco at El Leoncito.
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896), founder of the Astronomical Journal (1849) and associated with “Gould's Belt” of bright stars (1879), was the first director of the Córdoba Observatory and initiator of astronomical and meteorological studies in Argentina, including the Uranometria Argentina.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bagould is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bagould is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7808 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 GL8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.06 km (#6,520 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.298 |
| Rotation period | 13.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 6.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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