(8992) Magnanimity Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1980 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named by the Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature to honor the magnanimity of people around the world in dealing with terrorist attacks like those on New York and Washington on 2001 Sept. 11, in the hope that terrorism will be countered with justice for all, not with revenge.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Magnanimity is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Magnanimity is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8992 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 TE7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 20.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 7.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.887 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.