(7211) Xerxes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
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Where Xerxes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xerxes is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7211 |
| Provisional designation | 1240 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.39 km (#8,391 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.299 |
| Rotation period | 13.6 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 9.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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