(8291) Bingham Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Hiram Bingham (1885-1956), a member of the history faculty at Yale University, went searching for the lost city of the Incas. After tremendous effort he found it–Machu Picchu–high in the Andes, not far from Cuzco, on 1911 July 24.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bingham is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bingham is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8291 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 RV1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 3.94° |
| 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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