(7711) Rip Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 December 1994 by Z. Moravec at Klet.
Named for a hill in central Bohemia (459 m above sea level) located about 30 km north of Prague. When a mythological ancestor of Čech, the Father of the Czech nation, came to Bohemia, he is said to have climbed this hill, looked around and made the decision to stay there because of the wealth and fertility of the country.Naming citation (19980211/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rip is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rip is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7711 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 XF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.1 km (#2,653 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.03 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.268 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.