Asteroid
Near-Earth
Don Quixote
3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.431 AU
- True anomaly
- 260.05°
- 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
- 4.271 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.7074
- Inclination
- 31.05°
- Orbital period
- 8.83 years
- Perihelion
- 1.25 AU
- Aphelion
- 7.292 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 349.97°
- Argument of periapsis
- 316.49°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 9.50 km
- Rotation period
- 6.67 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.03
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 13.02
- Spectral type
- AMO
Discovery & classification
Near-Earth Object
Named