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7648 Tomboles

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Discovery date
  
8 October 1989

Observation arc
  
12827 days (35.12 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Kani observatory

MPC designation
  
7648

Alternative names
  
1989 TB1

Discovered
  
8 October 1989

Named after
  
Tom Boles

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta

Aphelion
  
2.397034622581731 AU (358.59127553240 Gm)

Perihelion
  
1.916963017508171 AU (286.77358562986 Gm)

Discoverers
  
Toshimasa Furuta, Yoshikane Mizuno

7648 Tomboles (provisional designation: 1989 TB1) is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, on October 8, 1989. It is named after Tom Boles, a British amateur astronomer.

References

7648 Tomboles Wikipedia