164589 La Sagra
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovery site | Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra |
| Discovery date | August 11, 2007 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 164589 |
| 2007 PC11 | |
| Main belt [2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9792 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9096 AU |
| 2.44439 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.218785 |
| 1395.9 days (3.82 years) | |
| 140.279° | |
| Inclination | 1.338° |
| 128.333° | |
| 175.274° | |
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164589 La Sagra is a small asteroid of the asteroid belt whose name was accepted by the International Astronomical Union at the suggestion of a group of researchers from the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca.
It was discovered on August 11, 2007 from the Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra (Granada),[1] being the first asteroid found from this center to become numbered. Takes its name from the mountain La Sagra, on whose north hillside the observatory is located.
Placed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, at an average distance of 2.44 astronomical units from the Sun, it has an orbital period of 1395.9 days (3.82 years).
References
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (160001)-(165000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- ↑ "164589 La Sagra (2007 PC11)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- ↑ "(164589) LaSagra". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
External links
- Minor Planet Center
- Spaceguard Spain
- Observatori Astronòmic de Mallorca
- 164589 La Sagra at the JPL Small-Body Database
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