(71855) Incamajorca Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 October 2000 by Sanchez, S., Blasco, M. at Costitx.

Inca is the second most important municipality on the island of Mallorca. The city was a center of shoe and leather manufacture. Inca is the capital of Raiguer county and the birthplace of the first discoverer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #2, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Incamajorca is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Incamajorca is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number71855
Provisional designation2000 UF110
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.22 km (#16,738 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.206
Absolute magnitude (H)15.6
Orbital period4.03 years
Semi-major axis2.53 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.33 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.0795
Inclination11.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.36 au

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

Also discovered on 31 October 2000