Q158084

Also known as (932) Hooveria, Hooveria

main-belt asteroid

Picture of the Day · NASA

Jupiter and Venus from Earth

2026-06-07

It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.

Key facts

Discovered by: J. Palisa
Discovery site: Vienna Obs.
Discovery date: 23 March 1920
Named after: Herbert Hoover , (U.S. Secretary of Commerce)
Alternative designations: A920 FC · 1920 GV, A909 GG · 1909 GG, A912 BD · 1912 BD, A913 MD · 1913 MD, A914 TF · 1914 TF, 1950 HQ
Minor planet category

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Article

932 Hooveria (prov. designation: A920 FC or 1920 GV) is a dark background asteroid, approximately 59 kilometers (37 miles) in diameter, located in the inner region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory on 23 March 1920. The carbonaceous C-type asteroid (Ch) has a long rotation period of 78.4 hours. It was named after then-Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), who later became president of the United States.

Orbit and classification