(8773) Torquilla Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Jynx torquilla, or wryneck.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Torquilla is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Torquilla is 3.71 au from the Sun and 4.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8773 |
| Provisional designation | 5006 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.6 km (#3,228 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 15.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.220 |
| Inclination | 8.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 September 1973
- (3157) Novikov
- (4303) Savitskij
- (4811) Semashko
- (4877) Humboldt
- (5412) Rou
- (6162) Prokhorov
- (6682) Makarij
- (6938) Soniaterk
- (8319) Antiphanes
- (8774) Viridis
- (8974) Gregaria
- (8982) Oreshek
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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