(110293) Oia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Oia is a small town on the Greek island of Santorini, in the south Aegean Sea. Its prosperity peaked in the early 20th century as a merchant fleet port. Now it is a popular tourist attraction with its beautiful white buildings with blue dome tops.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oia is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 110293 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SE265 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0350 |
| Inclination | 2.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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