(2608) Seneca Amor
Discovered on 17 February 1978 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.
Where Seneca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seneca is 3.23 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2608 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 DA |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 0.900 km (#17,415 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Rotation period | 8.00 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.10 – 3.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.565 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.154 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.