(110296) Luxor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Luxor is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. Luxor has frequently been called the “world's greatest open-air museum”, with many ruins of the temple complexes, monuments and tombs. It is also very close to Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #12, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Luxor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Luxor is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 110296 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SR265 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.15 km (#12,374 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0644 |
| Inclination | 4.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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