(7891) Fuchie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 November 1994 by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S. at Nyukasa.
Named in honor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchie Senior High School, where the first discoverer teaches astronomy and geology. Fuchie means the bank of a large river. This place has been called Fuchie for nearly a thousand years.Naming citation (19980610/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fuchie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fuchie is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7891 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VJ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.52 km (#9,682 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.189 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 1.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.946 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.