(599755) Alcarras Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 2010 by J. M. Bosch at SM Montmagastrell.
Alcarràs is a village in Catalonia (Spain) with ten thousand inhabitants from sixty nations, who work mainly in agriculture and livestock. Astronomy has been taught at the secondary school since the opening of the school's astronomical observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alcarras is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alcarras is 2.89 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 599755 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 VL21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.91 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.