(7586) Bismarck Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Named in memory of Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and, from 1871, the so-called Great Chancellor of the German Reich. His name is closely connected with the unification of Germany and with his politics of a balance of power among the European states. Bismarck introduced a comprehensive collection of civil laws and promoted an extensive social welfare system which---in its essential parts---remains important even a century after his death. Name proposed by the first discoverer.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bismarck is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bismarck is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7586 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RH7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.5 km (#3,902 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 6.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Eduard
All asteroids named after someone called Eduard
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