(10175) Aenona Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 February 1996 by Korlevic, K., Matkovic, D. at Visnjan.

Located on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, Aenona is the Roman name of the first capital of the old Croatian kingdom, now the modern city of Nin. The world's smallest cathedral, used as an observatory for establishing the local calendar, is located there.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aenona is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aenona is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10175
Provisional designation1996 CR1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.01 km (#12,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.209
Rotation period11.2 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.29
Orbital period3.42 years
Semi-major axis2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.98 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity0.127
Inclination5.71°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.976 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 14 February 1996

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