(6836) Paranal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Paranal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paranal is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6836 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PW5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0622 |
| Inclination | 0.947° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 August 1994
- (7661) Reincken
- (7960) Condorcet
- (8205) Van Dijck
- (8890) Montaigne
- (9079) Gesner
- (9205) Eddywally
- (9392) Cavaillon
- (9393) Apta
- (9394) Manosque
- (9395) Saint Michel
- (9638) Fuchs
- (9639) Scherer
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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