(7218) Skacel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1979 by J. Kveton at Klet.
Jan Skácel (1922-1989), Czech poet of South Moravian origin, was one of the most beloved Czech poets of the last century. He wrote about human life, love, morals, dreams and nature in poems or just quatrains, as Hope with Wings of Beech shows. Skácel was awarded the German international literary Petrarca-Preis in 1989.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Skacel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Skacel is 2.16 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7218 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 SK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 7.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.804 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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