(7595) Vaxjo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Växjö is the provincial capital of Kronoberg in southern Sweden, a town with a charter since 1342. It is known for its twelfth-century cathedral, fourteenth-century castle and nowadays for the Museum of Emigrants.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vaxjo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vaxjo is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7595 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FN26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.7 km (#2,976 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 23.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 March 1993
- (5630) Billschaefer
- (6102) Visby
- (6528) Boden
- (6796) Sundsvall
- (6797) Ostersund
- (7831) Francois-Xavier
- (8535) Pellesvanslos
- (8536) Mans
- (8537) Billochbull
- (8538) Gammelmaja
- (8697) Olofsson
- (9621) Michaelpalin
More named asteroids discovered by UESAC
- (6102) Visby
- (6252) Montevideo
- (6273) Kiruna
- (6528) Boden
- (6654) Lulea
- (6666) Fro
- (6739) Tarendo
- (6795) Ornskoldsvik
- (6796) Sundsvall
- (6797) Ostersund
- (7248) Alvsjo
- (7292) Prosperin
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