(7052) Octaviabutler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 November 1988 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Octavia Estelle Butler (1947-2006) was an African American author. Her work won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and is praised for its incisive social criticism.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-08-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Octaviabutler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Octaviabutler is 3.42 au from the Sun and 4.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7052 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VQ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.08 km (#5,697 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.189 |
| Rotation period | 6.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.284 |
| Inclination | 17.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 12 November 1988
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