(320541) Asiaa Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 January 2008 by Q.-z. Ye C.-Y. Shih at Lulin.

Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) is one of the institutes of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Its research areas extend from the solar system to cosmology.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Asiaa is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asiaa is 2.11 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number320541
Provisional designation2008 AD3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.99
Orbital period3.69 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.147
Inclination6.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.05 au

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

Also discovered on 7 January 2008