(7528) Huskvarna Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Huskvarna (formerly Husqvarna) is a city located at the southernmost edge of lake Vättern in southern Sweden. The town is famous for the Husqvarna rifle factory founded in 1689, now turned into a factory to produce sewing machines.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huskvarna is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huskvarna is 3.16 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7528 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FS39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.86 km (#7,813 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 1.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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