(159164) La Canada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 May 2005 by J. Lacruz at La Canada.
La Cañada is a town in the Spanish province of Ávila. Developing around a railway station built in 1922, the town gets its name from a nearby transhumance route (Cañada in Spanish). Astrometric observations have been conducted in La Cañada since 2002.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where La Canada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: La Canada is 3.38 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 159164 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 JC22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.228 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.