(2187) La Silla Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1976 by R. M. West at La Silla.
Named for the mountain in the Chilean Atacama desert on the top of which the European Southern Observatory is situated.Naming citation (MPC 5039), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where La Silla is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: La Silla is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2187 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 UH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.3 km (#3,962 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 31.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 13.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 October 1976
- (2052) Tamriko
- (2053) Nuki
- (2115) Irakli
- (2116) Mtskheta
- (2145) Blaauw
- (2146) Stentor
- (2148) Epeios
- (2935) Naerum
- (10668) Plansos
More named asteroids discovered by R. M. West
- (2052) Tamriko
- (2053) Nuki
- (2115) Irakli
- (2116) Mtskheta
- (2117) Danmark
- (2145) Blaauw
- (2146) Stentor
- (2147) Kharadze
- (2148) Epeios
- (2526) Alisary
- (2595) Gudiachvili
- (2596) Vainu Bappu
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