(7696) Liebe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1988 by W. Landgraf at La Silla.
Bodo Liebe, a professor at the University of Siegen, started a program in astronomy and established an observatory there. This enabled the discoverer to embark on his study of minor planets and comets.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Liebe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Liebe is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7696 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 JD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.03 km (#10,552 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.253 |
| Rotation period | 13.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0312 |
| Inclination | 3.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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