(7083) Kant Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Named for the great German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), foremost thinker of the Enlightenment. His comprehensive and systematic works in the theory of knowledge, ethics and aesthetics have greatly influenced all subsequent philosophy. Although he started his study with theology, he was principally attracted to mathematics and physics. In 1781 his most famous work, Kritik der reinen Vernunft, was published. This deals with the roots of knowledge and the conditions of possible experience. The human mind cannot arrive, by pure thought, at truths about entities that, by their very nature, can never be objects of experience.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kant is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kant is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7083 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 CL3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.4 km (#3,582 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Inclination | 6.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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