(52387) Huitzilopochtli Amor
Discovered on 20 July 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Huitzilopochtli is an Aztec god associated with the sun. His name, meaning “hummingbird of the south” came from the Aztec belief that the spirits of killed warriors followed the sun through the sky during four subsequent years. Thereafter they were transformed into hummingbirds.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huitzilopochtli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huitzilopochtli is 1.43 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52387 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 OM7 |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 0.890 km (#17,419 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.171 |
| Rotation period | 26.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.75 |
| Orbital period | 1.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.04 – 1.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 24.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0607 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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