(8061) Gaudium Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.
Latin for joy, pleasure and delight, Gaudium is designed to compensate the gloom of (5708) Melancholia.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaudium is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaudium is 2.64 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8061 |
| Provisional designation | 1975 UF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.45 km (#5,443 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 2.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.