(763) Cupido Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 September 1913 by F. Kaiser at Heidelberg.

Where Cupido is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cupido is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number763
Provisional designationA913 SE
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.00 km (#7,637 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.322
Rotation period152 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.67
Orbital period3.35 years
Semi-major axis2.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.87 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.166
Inclination4.08°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.874 au

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

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