(181419) Dragonera Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 September 2006 by OAM at La Sagra.

Sa Dragonera is a small island in the Balearic Islands, 3.2 km long and 500 meters high. It is a declared natural park and home to the endemic lizard Sargantana Balear (Podarcis lilfordi).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-12-03), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dragonera is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dragonera is 3.29 au from the Sun and 4.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number181419
Provisional designation2006 SN218
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.03 km (#12,666 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0470
Absolute magnitude (H)16.01
Orbital period4.44 years
Semi-major axis2.70 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 3.32 au
Eccentricity0.228
Inclination9.79°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

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

Also discovered on 28 September 2006

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