(8536) Mans Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1993 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Named for the fictional cat Må ns, the eternal “bad guy” in the Knutsson stories, always devising new ways of ridiculing Pelle Svanslös over his nonexistent tail.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mans is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mans is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8536 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FK23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.83 km (#9,188 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.395 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0889 |
| Inclination | 8.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 March 1993
- (5630) Billschaefer
- (6102) Visby
- (6528) Boden
- (6796) Sundsvall
- (6797) Ostersund
- (7595) Vaxjo
- (7831) Francois-Xavier
- (8535) Pellesvanslos
- (8537) Billochbull
- (8538) Gammelmaja
- (8697) Olofsson
- (9621) Michaelpalin