(8682) Kraklingbo Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.

Kräklingbo is a small parish on the Swedish island of Gotland. Located here on a hill are the remains of a fortification nearly 2000 years old, the biggest in Scandinavia. From that hill many of the medieval churches on the island can be seen.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kraklingbo is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kraklingbo is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number8682
Provisional designation1992 ER9
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter14.3 km (#3,313 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0560
Rotation period7.57 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.03
Orbital period5.55 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 3.63 au
Eccentricity0.158
Inclination0.990°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.62 au

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

Also discovered on 2 March 1992

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