(8324) Juliadeleon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Named in honor of Julia de León Cruz (b. 1977), an astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia--Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, in Granada, Spain. Her expertise is in the spectroscopic and mineralogical properties of minor planets.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliadeleon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliadeleon is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8324 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DF2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.15 km (#14,820 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.374 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 7.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.863 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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