(44821) Amadora Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Amadora Gonzalez is the wife of D. Martinez-Delgado, who first observed this minor planet on 1998 Sept. 15 at the Las Campanas Observatory.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amadora is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amadora is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 44821 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TZ236 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.85 km (#10,908 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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