(8750) Nettarufina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Netta rufina, or red-crested pochard.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nettarufina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nettarufina is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8750 |
| Provisional designation | 2197 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.96 km (#6,619 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 4.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
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- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
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