(308798) Teo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2006 by J. Lacruz at La Canada.
Teodoro “Teo” Encinar (b. 1952) built, according to the discoverer's design, the La Cañada Observatory over the summer of 2002.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-04-30), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Teo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Teo is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 308798 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 QL57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,139 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.