(9372) Vamlingbo Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Vamlingbo is a parish on the island of Gotland. It has a medieval church and several remains from the Middle Ages.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Vamlingbo is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vamlingbo is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9372
Provisional designation1993 FK37
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.13 km (#10,387 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.185
Rotation period5.65 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.22
Orbital period4.90 years
Semi-major axis2.89 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.65 – 3.12 au
Eccentricity0.0799
Inclination2.54°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.66 au

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

Also discovered on 19 March 1993

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