(8881) Prialnik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Dina Prialnik is a leading expert in the modeling of the thermal evolution of cometary nuclei. She is also known for her work on white dwarfs and the mechanisms of nova outbursts.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prialnik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prialnik is 2.73 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8881 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FW36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,998 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Rotation period | 10.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0289 |
| Inclination | 4.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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