(2605) Sahade Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 August 1974 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.

Named in honor of Jorge Sahade, current president of the International Astronómical Union, well-known Argentinian astrophysicist who has served as director of the Córdoba and La Plata Observatories and was the first director of the Instituto de Astronómia y Fisica del Espacio. During the 1960s he initiated the process that led to the acquisition of the 2.15-m reflector in the Complejo Astronómica El Leoncito.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sahade is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sahade is 3.34 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	2605
Provisional designation	1974 QA
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	11.8 km (#4,171 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.105
Rotation period	5.84 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.54
Orbital period	5.44 years
Semi-major axis	3.09 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.84 – 3.35 au
Eccentricity	0.0824
Inclination	9.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.83 au

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

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