(8539) Laban Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Named for the Knutsson's fictional cat Laban. He lived in the Observatory park in Uppsala and gave his name to one of the first modern computers at the Astronomical Observatory.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laban is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laban is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8539 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FT32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,143 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.309 |
| Rotation period | 37.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.11 |
| Orbital period | 5.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0847 |
| Inclination | 3.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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