(8734) Warner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 January 1997 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Named in honor of Brian D. Warner (b. 1952). For more than eight years he has published the Minor Planet Observer, a monthly newsletter with minor-planet finder charts and other news of interest to minor planet observers. In recent years he has taken up CCD imaging and contributed hundreds of astrometric observations.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Warner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Warner is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8734 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.91 km (#10,776 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.319 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.71 |
| Orbital period | 4.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0509 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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