Discovery date 11 August 2007 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 2.9820 AU (446.10 Gm) Discovered 11 August 2007 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 2007 PC11 Observation arc 8496 days (23.26 yr) Perihelion 1.9029 AU (284.67 Gm) Absolute magnitude 16.7 MPC designation 164589 | |
Discovery site Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra | ||
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), 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).
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