(554) Peraga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 1905 by P. Gotz at Heidelberg.
Where Peraga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peraga is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 554 |
| Provisional designation | A905 AE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 95.9 km (#257 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0496 |
| Rotation period | 13.7 hours |
| Spectral type | FC |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 2.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 January 1905
More named asteroids discovered by P. Gotz
- (538) Friederike
- (543) Charlotte
- (544) Jetta
- (545) Messalina
- (546) Herodias
- (547) Praxedis
- (548) Kressida
- (556) Phyllis
- (563) Suleika
- (564) Dudu
- (566) Stereoskopia
- (567) Eleutheria
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