(8698) Bertilpettersson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Bertil Pettersson (b. 1945) studies star formation, especially T Tauri stars and Herbig-Haro objects. He is also the system manager at the Uppsala Observatory.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bertilpettersson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bertilpettersson is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8698 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FT41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0608 |
| Inclination | 1.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Bertil
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Also discovered on 19 March 1993
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