(8325) Trigo-Rodriguez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Josep Maria Trigo-Rodriguez (b. 1970) is a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas research scientist at the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia. His investigations include compositions and orbits of meteoroids and their relationships to minor planets and comets.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Trigo-Rodriguez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trigo-Rodriguez is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8325 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EM26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,544 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 32.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.07 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0311 |
| Inclination | 6.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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