(155142) Tenagra Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 October 2005 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.

Tenagra was a mythical island in an episode of Star Trek. It is an exploration of how far people can go in the spirit of cooperation.Naming citation (20070730/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tenagra is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tenagra is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number155142
Provisional designation2005 UD4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.67
Orbital period4.59 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.52 – 3.00 au
Eccentricity0.0870
Inclination0.0765°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.52 au

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

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