(7560) Spudis Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1986 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Named in honor of Paul D. Spudis, planetary geologist and expert on lunar geology, from the multi-ring basis to the genesis of highland breccias and origin and evolution of the lunar crust. He is a staff scientist with the Lunar and Planetary Institute and has served as deputy leader of the science team for the Clementine mission to the moon. Other important research by Spudis has been on the geology and impact mechanics of craters on all the terrestrial planets.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Spudis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spudis is 1.80 au from the Sun and 1.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7560 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 AJ |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.54 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 2.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 16.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.839 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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