(7360) Moberg Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 January 1996 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.

Named in memory of Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973), Swedish novelist and writer. Moberg mainly wrote about society's lower classes and always fought for the individual against the authorities. He also strove unsuccessfully to make Sweden a republic. Among his best-known novels are Utvandrarna (The Emigrants) and Invandrarna (The Immigrants), about a family moving from Småland to Minnesota during the nineteenth century.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Moberg is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moberg is 2.03 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7360
Provisional designation	1996 BQ17
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.01 km (#8,918 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.229
Rotation period	4.58 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.93
Orbital period	3.38 years
Semi-major axis	2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.03 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity	0.0972
Inclination	5.37°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.04 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 30 January 1996

(7899) Joya

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