(660) Crescentia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 1908 by J. H. Metcalf at Taunton.
Where Crescentia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crescentia is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 660 |
| Provisional designation | A908 AN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 42.3 km (#916 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Rotation period | 7.91 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 15.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (581) Tauntonia
- (599) Luisa
- (600) Musa
- (602) Marianna
- (603) Timandra
- (604) Tekmessa
- (611) Valeria
- (620) Drakonia
- (622) Esther
- (636) Erika
- (637) Chrysothemis
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