(10551) Goteborg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 December 1992 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Founded in 1603, Göteborg, on the southwest coast, is Sweden's chief seaport and second largest city. Many of the early inhabitants were Dutch, and this is marked by its typical Dutch canal system. With the development of the Swedish East India Company in the early eighteenth century the city's prosperity increased.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Goteborg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Goteborg is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10551 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 YL2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.5 km (#3,017 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.117 |
| Rotation period | 335 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0572 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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