(946) Poesia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1921 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Poesia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Poesia is 3.17 au from the Sun and 4.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 946 |
| Provisional designation | A921 CD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 36.2 km (#1,098 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Rotation period | 108 hours |
| Spectral type | FU |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 1.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.