(8175) Boerhaave Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 November 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Named in memory of the Dutch physician and professor of medicine Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738). He was a brilliant teacher of botany, medicine and chemistry at the University of Leiden, where students came from all parts of Europe to hear him. Baron d´Holbach and de Lamettrie studied with him. He is credited with founding the modern system of teaching medical students at the patient's bedside. He is the author of Institutiones Medicae and Aphorismi de Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis, two textbooks widely used during and after his lifetime.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Boerhaave is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boerhaave is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8175 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 VV5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.76 km (#5,243 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.294 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0497 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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