(1800) Aguilar Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 September 1950 by M. Itzigsohn at La Plata.

Where Aguilar is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aguilar is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number1800
Provisional designation1950 RJ
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.38 km (#7,223 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.295
Rotation period2.48 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.83
Orbital period3.62 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.136
Inclination5.79°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

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