(3279) Solon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Solon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Solon is 2.16 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3279 |
| Provisional designation | 9103 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 3.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.816 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 October 1960
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- (2082) Galahad
- (2319) Aristides
- (2412) Wil
- (2495) Noviomagum
- (3604) Berkhuijsen
- (3734) Waland
- (4355) Memphis
- (4356) Marathon
- (4907) Zoser
- (5012) Eurymedon
- (5148) Giordano
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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