(7896) Svejk Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 March 1995 by Z. Moravec at Klet.

Named for a literary character created by Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer and humorist (1883-1923). His “good soldier” Josef Švejk is devoted to the disintegrating Austrian-Hungarian monarchy regime, but by his simplicity (or perhaps his ingenuity) he helps to reveal its flaws.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Svejk is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Svejk is 3.50 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7896
Provisional designation	1995 EC
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	15.3 km (#3,072 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0830
Rotation period	16.2 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.73
Orbital period	5.55 years
Semi-major axis	3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.70 – 3.57 au
Eccentricity	0.140
Inclination	1.91°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.70 au

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

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