(42776) Casablanca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Casablanca is the largest city and chief port in Morocco. Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is one of the most renowned movies of all time.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Casablanca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Casablanca is 3.30 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42776 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UV26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,824 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.111 |
| Rotation period | 19.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.02 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0434 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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