(7626) Iafe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 1976 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.
The Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio was established in April 1971 as part of a restructuring project of the former Argentinian Center of Cosmic Radiation. Today IAFE is a leading institute that deals with theoretical as well as experimental astronomy.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iafe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iafe is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7626 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 QL2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.2 km (#2,631 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0853 |
| Inclination | 9.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.