(7608) Telegramia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1995 by J. Ticha at Klet.
Named on the 75th anniversary of the publication of the first IAU Circular, which was issued on 1922 Oct. 22 by the IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, then at the Copenhagen Observatory. The Bureau moved to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1965 and has now issued 6756 IAU Circulars, relating generally to transient astronomical objects and phenomena in urgent need of further observation. Name proposed by the discoverer and endorsed by her colleagues M. Tichý and Z. Moravec.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Telegramia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Telegramia is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7608 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UO1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.96 km (#12,849 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.284 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.