(6802) Cernovice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1995 by M. Tichy at Klet.
Named for the small town where the discoverer lived in his youth. Founded in the fourteenth century, Černovice is situated amid the pleasant landscape of the Czech-Moravian Highlands in southern Bohemia. Name dedicated to the parents of the discoverer.Naming citation (19960828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cernovice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cernovice is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6802 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UQ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.2 km (#4,456 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.251 |
| Inclination | 2.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 October 1995
- (7493) Hirzo
- (7672) Hawking
- (8900) AAVSO
- (11105) Puchnarova
- (12790) Cernan
- (17611) Jozkakubik
- (32939) Nasimi