(8680) Rone Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.
A small parish on Gotland, Rone is well known for the lyrics to the song “Rune from Rone”. Nearby Uggarde Rojr, a 3000-year-old burial mound from the bronze age with a diameter of 50 meters and a height of 7 meters, is one of the biggest in Sweden.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #15, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rone is 3.64 au from the Sun and 4.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8680 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 EJ9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,821 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 5.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 March 1992
- (5357) Sekiguchi
- (7770) Siljan
- (7771) Tvaren
- (8677) Charlier
- (8679) Tingstade
- (8681) Burs
- (8682) Kraklingbo
- (8683) Sjolander
- (10104) Hoburgsgubben
- (10545) Kallunge
- (10796) Sollerman
- (11907) Naranen
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- (6796) Sundsvall
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- (7248) Alvsjo
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