(7292) Prosperin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.
Erik Prosperin (1739-1803), professor in astronomy at Uppsala Observatory during 1773-1798, calculated the orbits of many comets and was also interested in the orbit of the then recently discovered first minor planet, (1) Ceres.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prosperin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prosperin is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7292 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 EM7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.25 km (#12,168 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.390 |
| Rotation period | 5.59 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 7.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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