(152226) Saracole Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Sara Loraine Cole (b. 1969) is an American biologist and animal behaviorist who specializes in captive cheetahs, elephants and northern white rhinoceros. She is also an accomplished nature and wildlife photographer.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saracole is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saracole is 3.21 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 152226 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 SD3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.26 km (#12,140 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.107 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 5.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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