(386056) Taurage Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 March 2007 by K. Černis at Moletai.

Tauragė is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of Tauragė County with about 21 000 inhabitants. Tauragė is situated on the Jura River, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast. First mentioned in 1507, the town has been a center of Lutheranism in Lithuania. Nowadays Tauragė is famous for its car markets and adventure parks.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #17, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Taurage is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taurage is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number386056
Provisional designation2007 FV35
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period5.39 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)17.63
Orbital period3.63 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.192
Inclination2.38°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.895 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 24 March 2007

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