(7548) Engstrom Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 March 1980 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.

Named in memory of Albert Engström (1869-1940), Swedish artist and writer. Born in Lönneberga in the Swedish province of Småland, he went as a student to Uppsala in 1889, where he studied Greek and Latin before his artistic ambitions made him move to an art school in Gothenburg. Probably Sweden's best painter of caricatures, he is best known for his black and white drawings illustrating very short stories. He was also an outstanding writer, specializing in short stories. Appointed professor of drawing at the Swedish academy of art, in 1922 he became a member of the prestigious Swedish academy.Naming citation (19980411/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Engstrom is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Engstrom is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7548
Provisional designation	1980 FW2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	11.1 km (#4,528 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0570
Rotation period	5.23 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.62
Orbital period	5.57 years
Semi-major axis	3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.63 – 3.65 au
Eccentricity	0.163
Inclination	0.315°
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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