(790) Pretoria Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1912 by H. E. Wood at Johannesburg.
Where Pretoria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pretoria is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 790 |
| Provisional designation | A912 BE |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 170 km (#53 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0384 |
| Rotation period | 10.4 hours |
| Spectral type | P |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.03 |
| Orbital period | 6.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 20.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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