(216295) Menorca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 June 2007 by OAM at La Sagra.
Menorca is the most eastern and northern island of the Balearic Islands (Spain). It was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1993 by UNESCO, and contains important megalithic monuments (navetas, talayots and taulas).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Menorca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Menorca is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 216295 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 LX14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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