(7902) Hanff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Hanff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hanff is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7902 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HT17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.91 km (#7,755 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.147 |
| Rotation period | 7.43 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0378 |
| Inclination | 2.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 April 1996
- (7849) Janjosefric
- (9797) Raes
- (9984) Gregbryant
- (10184) Galvani
- (10185) Gaudi
- (11334) Rio de Janeiro
- (13178) Catalan
- (13179) Johncochrane
- (13180) Fourcroy
- (14069) Krasheninnikov
- (31028) Cerulli
- (31031) Altiplano
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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