(7649) Bougainville Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Bougainville is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bougainville is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7649 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 SV5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.67 km (#11,282 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.322 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0978 |
| Inclination | 5.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 September 1990
- (5186) Donalu
- (6012) Williammurdoch
- (6268) Versailles
- (6605) Carmontelle
- (7412) Linnaeus
- (7578) Georgbohm
- (7871) Tunder
- (9949) Brontosaurus
- (10088) Digne
- (10089) Turgot
- (10316) Williamturner
- (10523) D'Haveloose
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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