(7516) Kranjc Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 June 1987 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Named in memory of Aldo Kranjc (1919-1994), Italian astronomer at the observatories in Naples, Milan and Bologna. He succeeded F. Zagar as director of Brera-Merate Observatory in 1971. His many activities and studies included general relativity and applications of electronic techniques to astronomy and spectroscopy. He was a pioneer in Italy on numerical electronic calculus. He wrote several programs and articles on orbit determination.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kranjc is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kranjc is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7516 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 MC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.05 km (#8,847 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.192 |
| Rotation period | 3.97 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.242 |
| Inclination | 7.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.750 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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