(8468) Rhondastroud Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Rhonda M. Stroud (b. 1971), a planetary scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the origin and evolution of our solar system through transmission electron microscopy studies of meteoritic and cometary materials.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rhondastroud is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rhondastroud is 3.49 au from the Sun and 4.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8468 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EA40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.82 km (#7,846 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 2.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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