(78536) Shrbeny Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 September 2002 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P. at Ondrejov.

Lukáš Shrbený (b. 1981) is an astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. His analysis of meteor velocity data from the European Fireball Network is used to interpret their origins from asteroid or cometary sources.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shrbeny is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shrbeny is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number78536
Provisional designation2002 RV111
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.79 km (#5,929 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0520
Absolute magnitude (H)14.41
Orbital period5.54 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 3.62 au
Eccentricity0.156
Inclination6.72°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.66 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 7 September 2002

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