(304788) Cresques Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 2007 by OAM at La Sagra.
Cresques Abraham (1325-1387) was a Majorcan Jewish geographer and cartographer. His Catalan Atlas (1375), stored in the Bibliotheque National de Paris, is considered one of the pinnacles of medieval cartographic knowledge.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cresques is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cresques is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 304788 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 NZ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.847 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.