(36614) Saltis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 2000 by A. Brandeker at Saltsjobaden.
Saltis is a nickname for Saltsjöbaden, where the Stockholm Observatory was located from 1931 to 2001. For employees the nickname became synonymous with the observatory building itself, where this minor planet was discovered.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saltis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saltis is 2.70 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 36614 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QU148 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.98 km (#17,054 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.215 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.965 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 August 2000
- (18182) Wiener
- (19783) Antoniromanya
- (36472) Ebina
- (54598) Bienor
- (61912) Storrs
- (92893) Michaelperson
- (148342) Carverbierson
- (208196) Matthiashahn
- (231842) Graemekeleher
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