(257533) Iquique Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Iquique is a port city in northern Chile. It is the capital city of both the Iquique Province and the Tarapacá Region and lies west of the Atacama Desert, on the Pacific coast.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iquique is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iquique is 1.75 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 257533 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 CN4 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.99 |
| Orbital period | 2.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0747 |
| Inclination | 19.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.769 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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