(157825) Zejda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 September 1997 by Wolf, M., Sarounova, L. at Ondrejov.
Miloslav Zejda (b. 1965), a Czech stellar astronomer and associate professor at the Masaryk University in Brno, is an expert on astronomical observations. He is the (co-)author of more than two hundred professional publications on stellar topics. Miloslav has so far determined over 12 000 times of minima of eclipsing binaries.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #27, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zejda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zejda is 3.24 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 157825 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 RE8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.73 km (#7,966 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 5.86° |
| 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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