(616) Elly Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1906 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
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Where Elly is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elly is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 616 |
| Provisional designation | A906 UK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.2 km (#2,064 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Rotation period | 5.30 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0609 |
| Inclination | 15.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.