(8379) Straczynski Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 September 1992 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.

Named in honor of J. Michael Straczynski (b. 1954), creator, executive producer, and writer of Babylon 5 , an award-winning science-fiction novel for television that chronicles the story of the last of a series of space stations, the last best hope for peace in the galaxy. Straczynski has been involved in genre television for many years, editing and writing for a number of popular series. He has also published many short stories, an anthology and two fantasy/horror novels. Straczynski's primary criterion for a good science-fiction television series is that it must be good science fiction and good television. With Babylon 5 he succeeded superbly. Name proposed by J. Scotti, W. Bottke and D. Durda. Citation by D. Durda.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Straczynski is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Straczynski is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8379
Provisional designation	1992 SW10
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.06 km (#8,835 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.304
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.31
Orbital period	4.29 years
Semi-major axis	2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.14 – 3.14 au
Eccentricity	0.189
Inclination	10.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.18 au

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

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