(37583) Ramonkhanna Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Ramon Khanna (b. 1964) is a German astrophysicist who worked on black-hole magnetohydrodynamics. He now serves as the publishing editor for astronomy at Springer. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Naming citation (20110615/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ramonkhanna is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ramonkhanna is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37583 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TH8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.57 km (#11,499 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 1.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ramon
All asteroids named after someone called Ramon
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