(7936) Mikemagee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Michael Magee (b. 1958) has had a distinguished career with the University of Arizona's Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium since 1980. Throughout two decades Magee has been largely responsible for the planetarium's production of astronomy shows and its outreach program.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikemagee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikemagee is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7936 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 OW2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.43 km (#14,141 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.452 |
| Rotation period | 7.83 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 8.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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