(671) Carnegia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1908 by J. Palisa at Vienna.
Where Carnegia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carnegia is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 671 |
| Provisional designation | A908 SJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 60.6 km (#581 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0280 |
| Rotation period | 8.33 hours |
| Spectral type | Xk |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.91 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0611 |
| Inclination | 8.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 September 1908
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