(788890) Garafia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 March 2017 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Garafía ia a large lightly-populated municipality of La Palma, Canary Islands. It has rustic mountainous landscapes and fertile lands. Below the 2426-m peak of the island, Garafía has hosted the Roque de Los Muchachos astronomical observatory since 1985. Garafía's dark skies foster astrotourism businesses across the whole island.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #3, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Garafia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Garafia is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 788890 |
| Provisional designation | 2017 FC224 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0681 |
| Inclination | 1.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.