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Camilla

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107 Camilla (A868 WA)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
3.284 AU
True anomaly
27.18°
Distance from Earth
3.793 AU
As of
22 October 2026

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Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth Camilla — 3.284 AU from the Sun Camilla
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Camilla is 3.793 AU from Earth today (31.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 28m 56s
Declination
+04° 55′ 12″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
3.79 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.01° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
3.497 AU
Eccentricity
0.0673
Inclination
10.01°
Orbital period
6.54 years
Perihelion
3.262 AU
Aphelion
3.732 AU
Longitude of ascending node
172.39°
Argument of periapsis
303.01°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · OMB
Outer main-belt asteroid
Earth MOID · 891.7 LD
2.2912 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.099

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
6,755
Data arc
157.3 years
First observed
5 December 1868
Last observed
7 April 2026
Residual RMS
0.34 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
5 June 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
105 km
Density
1.28 g/cm³
Rotation period
4.84 hours
GM
0.748 km³/s²

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.059
Absolute magnitude (H)
7.09
Colour index (B–V)
0.71
Spectral type (SMASS)
X
Spectral type (Tholen)
C
Colour index (U–B)
0.3

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Pogson, N. R.
Discovery date
17 November 1868
Discovery site
Madras

Also known as 107 · A868 WA · 1938 OG · 1949 HD1 · A893 QA

Main-Belt Asteroid Named

Close approaches 14 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2054-12-25 15:20:00 Juptr 1.7687 AU 688.3 LD 2.2 km/s
2069-10-03 22:04:00 Juptr 1.3121 AU 510.6 LD 2.9 km/s
2084-04-28 17:27:00 Juptr 1.8951 AU 737.5 LD 3.4 km/s
2112-09-23 14:56:00 Juptr 1.9721 AU 767.5 LD 3.9 km/s
2127-05-23 02:13:00 Juptr 1.5534 AU 604.5 LD 2 km/s
2141-12-12 23:51:00 Juptr 1.4692 AU 571.8 LD 3 km/s
2184-11-29 03:18:00 Juptr 1.8818 AU 732.4 LD 2.9 km/s
2199-09-17 00:19:00 Juptr 1.3233 AU 515.0 LD 2.7 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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