(8614) Svedhem Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1978 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Palomar.
Håkan Svedhem (b. 1958) is a Swedish engineer and planetary scientist, formerly at the European Space Agency. He was the Project Scientist of the Venus Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter missions. He has also been the General Secretary of the European Geosciences Union.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Svedhem is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Svedhem is 3.50 au from the Sun and 4.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8614 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 VP11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.3 km (#3,618 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Rotation period | 4.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.11 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 3.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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