(6620) Peregrina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.
Peregrina is a foreign lady, especially one on pilgrimage. The minor planets might be compared to an immense, multifarious crowd of perpetual pilgrims, and this one fancied to be an especially earnest, devout member.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peregrina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peregrina is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6620 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 UC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.01 km (#6,564 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.278 |
| Inclination | 7.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.934 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 October 1973
More named asteroids discovered by P. Wild
- (1657) Roemera
- (1687) Glarona
- (1748) Mauderli
- (1768) Appenzella
- (1773) Rumpelstilz
- (1775) Zimmerwald
- (1803) Zwicky
- (1830) Pogson
- (1831) Nicholson
- (1838) Ursa
- (1839) Ragazza
- (1844) Susilva
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