(9560) Anguita Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 1987 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Claudio Anguita (1930-2000), an astrometrist at the Universidad de Chile, was critically helpful during the establishment of the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory, forging links between AURA and the Universidad de Chile. He was an IAU Vice President during 1994-2000. The name was suggested by F. Vilas.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anguita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anguita is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9560 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 EQ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.76 km (#13,312 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.377 |
| Rotation period | 7.04 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0553 |
| Inclination | 2.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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