(1809) Prometheus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
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Where Prometheus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prometheus is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1809 |
| Provisional designation | 2522 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.2 km (#3,336 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.126 |
| Rotation period | 22.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0989 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites
- (1869) Philoctetes