(29298) Cruls Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1993 by Debehogne, H., Elst, E. W. at La Silla.
Luis Cruls (1848-1908) was a Belgian-born Brazilian astronomer and geodesist. Director of the Brazilian National Observatory and co-discoverer of the Great Comet in 1882, he observed also the 1882 transit of Venus from Punta Arenas, Chile.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cruls is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cruls is 1.89 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29298 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 SA14 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.21 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 2.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.73 – 2.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 19.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.789 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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