(7881) Schieferdecker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Schieferdecker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schieferdecker is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7881 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 RC7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.43 km (#8,346 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.21 |
| Orbital period | 5.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 2.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 September 1992
- (6457) Kremsmunster
- (7425) Lessing
- (8291) Bingham
- (8524) Paoloruffini
- (8525) Nielsabel
- (9365) Chinesewilson
- (9610) Vischer
- (9611) Anouck
- (10549) Helsingborg
- (10550) Malmo
- (11073) Cavell
- (11298) Gide
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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