(550) Senta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 November 1904 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
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Where Senta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Senta is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 550 |
| Provisional designation | A904 WB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 37.4 km (#1,057 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Rotation period | 20.6 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 November 1904
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