(353) Ruperto-Carola Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1893 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Ruperto-Carola is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ruperto-Carola is 3.37 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 353 |
| Provisional designation | A893 BB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.0 km (#3,386 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.392 |
| Rotation period | 2.74 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.93 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.327 |
| Inclination | 5.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.858 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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