(266465) Andalucia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 July 2007 by OAM at La Sagra.

Andalucia (Andalusia) is an autonomous Spanish community with the largest number of inhabitants spread out over 80,000 km^2. The community is key to the history of southern Europe, and its ports were essential to the discovery and exploration of America.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Andalucia is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andalucia is 3.59 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number266465
Provisional designation2007 OH
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.89
Orbital period5.58 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.66 – 3.63 au
Eccentricity0.153
Inclination16.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.66 au

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

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