(326732) Nice Amor
Discovered on 25 April 2003 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Nice is a city in southeastern France which hosts the Côte d’Azur Observatory and its planetology team that has been involved in many studies and discoveries in asteroid science. The city was founded by Greek settlers around 350 BCE as Níkaia (Νίκαια). Nice was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2021.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #3, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nice is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 326732 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 HB6 |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Rotation period | 3.46 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.17 – 4.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.570 |
| Inclination | 6.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.164 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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