(604827) Rietavas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 2015 by I. Eglitis K. Äernis at Baldone.
Rietavas is a Lithuanian city with 4 000 inhabitants on the Jura River. It is the capital of Rietavas municipality. The city is famous for building the first power station to produce electricity in Lithuania in 1892. The first telephone line in Lithuania was also built there.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rietavas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rietavas is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 604827 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 TT429 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 2.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.972 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.