(7796) Jaracimrman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 January 1996 by Z. Moravec at Klet.

Named for Jára Cimrman, a fictitious Czech genius. An analogue to Leonardo da Vinci, he was a playwright, composer, poet, painter, versatile scientist, inventor, polar explorer, sportsman, first man on the moon, etc. Although his name is not mentioned in any encyclopedia, his work is explored at the Jára Cimrman Theatre in Prague. This theater is headed by the famous cimrmanologists Z. Svěrák and L. Smoljak, who endorsed the name proposal.Naming citation (19980211/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jaracimrman is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaracimrman is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7796
Provisional designation	1996 BG
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	11.3 km (#4,409 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0550
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.72
Orbital period	4.35 years
Semi-major axis	2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.28 – 3.05 au
Eccentricity	0.146
Inclination	12.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.31 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 16 January 1996

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