About 2608 Seneca (1978 DA)
2608 Seneca (1978 DA) is a common neo. It swings within 1.102 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Roughly 0.9 km across.
Common neo 17 EP
2608 Seneca (1978 DA)
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Live ephemeris
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Score breakdown
· 3 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Has a proper name +8
- Near-Earth object +5
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) +4
Total score 17
7 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) · +4
- Has a proper name · +8
Trivia
How we found it
- Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Cosmic context
- Size. Roughly 0.9 km across.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- diameter km
- 0.9
- eccentricity
- 0.5647
- h mag
- 17.48
- inclination
- 14.43
- name
- 2608 Seneca (1978 DA)
- named
- yes
- orbit class
- AMO
- perihelion au
- 1.1017
- semi major au
- 2.531
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, 2608 Seneca (1978 DA) is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why 2608 Seneca (1978 DA) is a common neo
2608 Seneca (1978 DA) scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Near-Earth object, Tiny fragment (<1 km) and Has a proper name — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.