(8679) Tingstade Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.

Tingstäde is a parish on Gotland. In Tingstäde Träsk, a swamp that is the second largest lake on the island, the remains of a timber construction involving some 10 000 logs, probably from the sixth century, is still visible on the lake floor.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tingstade is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tingstade is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8679
Provisional designation	1992 EG8
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	9.22 km (#5,604 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.120
Rotation period	6.65 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.71
Orbital period	5.29 years
Semi-major axis	3.04 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.51 – 3.57 au
Eccentricity	0.174
Inclination	0.786°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.51 au

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

Also discovered on 2 March 1992

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