(8386) Vanvinckenroye Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 January 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
The Vanvinckenroyes are a well-known family of five organists in Antwerp and Limburg. The most famous of them is the composer Jef Vanvinckenroye (b. 1939), a very good friend of the discoverer.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vanvinckenroye is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vanvinckenroye is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8386 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BB6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.71 km (#9,372 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.98 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0480 |
| Inclination | 1.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 January 1993
- (9614) Cuvier
- (10121) Arzamas
- (10122) Froding
- (10354) Guillaumebude
- (11302) Rubicon
- (11552) Boucolion
- (11553) Scheria
- (12341) Calevoet
- (13096) Tigris
- (17521) Kiek
- (21128) Chapuis
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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