(117874) Picodelteide Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
The Hungaria minor planet is named after the 3718-m active volcano Pico del Teide on Tenerife, one of the Spanish Canary Islands.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Picodelteide is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Picodelteide is 1.81 au from the Sun and 2.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117874 |
| Provisional designation | 2511 P-L |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.05 |
| Orbital period | 2.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 20.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.793 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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