(7593) Cernuschi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1992 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Félix Cernuschi (1907–1999) was an Uruguayan physicist and astrophysicist who held academic positions at Princeton, Harvard, University of Buenos Aires and the University of the Republic, Uruguay. In 1955 he founded Uruguay's first university institution devoted to high-level education and research in physics and astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cernuschi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cernuschi is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7593 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 WP4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.55 km (#6,107 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.265 |
| Rotation period | 2.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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