(7644) Cslewis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British scholar and novelist, author of the famous children's fantasy The Chronicles of Narnia. In his three science-fiction novels, Space Trilogy, he described a cosmic struggle betwen good and evil in the solar system. The name was suggested by M. Kočer.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cslewis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cslewis is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7644 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VR5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.79 km (#9,238 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.174 |
| Rotation period | 2.31 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 13.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 November 1988
- (3993) Sorm
- (5175) Ables
- (5731) Zeus
- (5869) Tanith
- (6550) Parler
- (6774) Vladheinrich
- (7118) Kuklov
- (9027) Graps
- (27711) Kirschvink
More named asteroids discovered by A. Mrkos
- (2199) Klet
- (2304) Slavia
- (2325) Chernykh
- (2367) Praha
- (2403) Sumava
- (2404) Antarctica
- (2552) Remek
- (2559) Svoboda
- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (2811) Stremchovi
- (2889) Brno
- (2936) Nechvile
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