(7894) Rogers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
John H. Rogers (b. 1952), director of the British Astronomical Association's Jupiter section since 1988, received the Association's Goodacre Medal in 2003. He is the author of The Giant Planet Jupiter (Cambridge University Press, 1995). By profession he is a molecular neurobiologist at the University of Cambridge.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rogers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rogers is 2.88 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7894 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 XC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.29 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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