(7445) Trajanus Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Trajanus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trajanus is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7445 |
| Provisional designation | 4116 P-L |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.11 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.66 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.243 |
| Inclination | 1.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.653 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