(3097) Tacitus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Tacitus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tacitus is 3.13 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3097 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.8 km (#2,103 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 8.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0885 |
| Inclination | 7.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites