(1655) Comas Sola Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 November 1929 by J. Comas Sola at Barcelona.

Named by the Fabra Observatory in memory of Josep Comas Sola (1868-1937), first director of the Fabra Observatory, Barcelona, and a well-known observer of minor planets and comets for many years. Among his discoveries were the short-period comet Comas Sola and 11 numbered minor planets.Naming citation (MPC 5357), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Comas Sola is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Comas Sola is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	1655
Provisional designation	1929 WG
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	35.9 km (#1,108 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0450
Rotation period	20.5 hours
Spectral type	XFU
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.1
Orbital period	4.65 years
Semi-major axis	2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.14 – 3.43 au
Eccentricity	0.231
Inclination	9.58°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.16 au

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

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