(8700) Gevaert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 May 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Lieven Gevaert (1868-1935) was a Belgian industrialist who established the “N.V. Gevaert Photo-Producten” at Mortsel, near Antwerp, beginning in 1890 with a small shop of homemade photographical paper. Gevaert glass plates have been used for many purposes in astronomy, especially for the astrometry of minor planets.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gevaert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gevaert is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8700 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 JL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.5 km (#3,251 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Rotation period | 4.91 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 1.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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