Asteroid
Near-Earth
Tezcatlipoca
1980 Tezcatlipoca (1950 LA)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.213 AU
- True anomaly
- 307.47°
- As of
- 29 August 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 1.71 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3647
- Inclination
- 26.87°
- Orbital period
- 816.4 days
- Perihelion
- 1.086 AU
- Aphelion
- 2.333 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 246.54°
- Argument of periapsis
- 115.46°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 2.15 km
- Rotation period
- 7.25 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.25
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 13.8
- Spectral type
- AMO
Discovery & classification
Near-Earth Object
Named