(66669) Aradac Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 October 1999 by Galad, A., Koleny, P. at Modra.
Aradac is a village in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Ethnics (majority of them are Slovaks) have lived there in close fraternal ties for centuries with Serbs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #6, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aradac is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aradac is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 66669 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TE15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.75 km (#11,121 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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