(1489) Attila Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 1939 by G. Kulin at Konkoly.
Named for the fifth-century king of the Huns.Naming citation (MPC 5182), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Attila is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Attila is 3.56 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1489 |
| Provisional designation | 1939 GC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.8 km (#1,557 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 2.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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