(17410) Zitarrosa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936–1989) was a Uruguayan singer-songwriter, journalist and poet. He was an iconic figure in Uruguay and one of the most influential figures of Latin American popular music. Many of his most loved songs highlighted the social crises and the struggles of the oppressed claiming for social justice.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zitarrosa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zitarrosa is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17410 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CQ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.45 km (#14,105 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.488 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 5.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.972 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alfredo
All asteroids named after someone called Alfredo
Also discovered on 13 February 1988
- (3870) Mayre
- (4609) Pizarro
- (4636) Chile
- (4705) Secchi
- (5115) Frimout
- (5956) d'Alembert
- (6036) Weinberg
- (6439) Tirol
- (6598) Modugno
- (6956) Holbach
- (9313) Protea
- (10506) Rydberg
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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