(662607) Cosialls Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 2008 by Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Anicet Cosialls (b. 1958) is a Catalan chemist and high-school teacher from Lleida, Spain. Throughout his career he has inspired countless students with his enthusiasm and his dedication and love for physics, chemistry and astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cosialls is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cosialls is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 662607 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 LG8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.15 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0747 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.