(8678) Bal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.
Bäl is a small and typical country parish on the Swedish island of Gotland, often associated on Gotland with the well-known song “Farewell to Bäl´'.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bal is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8678 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 ER6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.91 km (#5,155 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0860 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.72 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 5.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 March 1992
- (6273) Kiruna
- (7248) Alvsjo
- (7292) Prosperin
- (7704) Dellen
- (8868) Hjorter
- (8871) Svanberg
- (9056) Piskunov
- (10106) Lergrav
- (10795) Babben
- (11069) Bellqvist
- (11532) Gullin
- (11533) Akeback