(1930) Lucifer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 1964 by E. Roemer at Flagstaff USNO.
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Where Lucifer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lucifer is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1930 |
| Provisional designation | 1964 UA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 34.4 km (#1,174 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Rotation period | 13.1 hours |
| Spectral type | Cgh |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by E. Roemer
← (1929) Kollaa · (1931) Capek →