(8696) Kjeriksson Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Kjell Eriksson (b. 1948) is currently the director of Uppsala Observatory, where he studies stellar atmospheres.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kjeriksson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kjeriksson is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8696 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FM16 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.21 km (#5,612 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.100 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 6.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Kjell
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Also discovered on 17 March 1993
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