(342017) Ramonin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 September 2008 by J. Lacruz at La Canada.

Ramon Lacruz Alcaraz (b. 1988) is an aeronautical engineer at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. One of his passions is observing the night sky from La Canada Observatory.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ramonin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ramonin is 1.98 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number342017
Provisional designation2008 RA80
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.39
Orbital period3.67 years
Semi-major axis2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.93 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.187
Inclination3.08°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.927 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Ramon

Also discovered on 12 September 2008

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