(2462) Nehalennia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Nehalennia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nehalennia is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2462 |
| Provisional designation | 6578 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.66 km (#11,308 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.186 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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