(7886) Redman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 August 1993 by D. D. Balam at Victoria.

Named in memory of Roderick Oliver Redman (1905-1975), professor of astronomy and longtime director of the University of Cambridge Observatories, and in honor of Russell Ormond Redman (b. 1951), a radio astronomer on the staff of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. The senior Redman established a lifelong association with the DAO when he obtained the observational material for his doctoral thesis there; he became renowned for his superlative observational techniques and designs for astronomical instrumentation. The junior Redman, whose association with the DAO began as a summer student assistant in 1970, has pioneered the study of minor planets at submillimeter wavelengths and is an authority in using the thermal emission spectra to study their surfaces. Citation prepared by P. A. Feldman at the request of the discoverer.Naming citation (19980610/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Redman is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Redman is 2.15 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7886
Provisional designation	1993 PE
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.38 km (#11,879 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.121
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.2
Orbital period	3.67 years
Semi-major axis	2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.14 – 2.62 au
Eccentricity	0.100
Inclination	3.93°
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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