(7082) La Serena Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 December 1987 by Elst, E. W., Pizarro, G. at La Silla.
La Serena is a beautiful small city near the Pacific, about 600 km north of Santiago de Chile. For many years it was a stopping point for astronomers on their way to the Chilean observatories. With the construction of a landing facility at Camp Pelicano, the ESO office at La Serena was abandoned.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where La Serena is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: La Serena is 3.52 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7082 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 YL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.50 km (#5,415 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.235 |
| Rotation period | 269 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 15.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 December 1987
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