(7791) Ebicykl Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 March 1995 by M. Tichy at Klet.

Ebicykl is a traditional holiday activity, since 1984, of a group of astronomers, who bike around the Czech and Slovak Republics to visit various observatories. Ebicykl is a symbolic word combining bicycling and Ptolemaic epicycles.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ebicykl is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ebicykl is 3.14 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number7791
Provisional designation1995 EB
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period4.47 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.03
Orbital period5.53 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.59 – 3.67 au
Eccentricity0.172
Inclination10.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.61 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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