(1288) Santa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 1933 by E. Delporte at Uccle.
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Where Santa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Santa is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1288 |
| Provisional designation | 1933 QM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 31.4 km (#1,304 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 7.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0639 |
| Inclination | 7.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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