(325462) Felanitx Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 August 2009 by OAM at La Sagra.

Felanitx is a town in the east of Mallorca. The region has been settled since the Bronze Age, and the town was founded in the 13th century. Felanitx has a traditional wine industry, the Sant Salvador mountain and the Santueri Castle, a fortification built on the ruins of a 14th-century Arab fortification, which was built on Byzantine remains.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 34), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Felanitx is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Felanitx is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number325462
Provisional designation2009 QR47
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.84
Orbital period5.45 years
Semi-major axis3.10 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.83 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity0.0858
Inclination10.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.82 au

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

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