(7742) Altamira

(7742) Altamira is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered on October 20, 1985 by Antonín Mrkos from the Kleť Observatory, near České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

Designation and name

Altamira was initially designated as 1985 US. Later, in 2002, it received its name from the Spanish cave of Altamira.

Orbital characteristics

Altamira is located at an average distance of 2,719 ua from the Sun, being able to approach up to 2,497 ua and move away up to 2,942 ua. Its orbital inclination is 4.146 degrees and eccentricity 0.08194. It takes 1638 days to complete one orbit around the Sun. Altamira's movement on the stellar background is 0.2198 degrees per day.

Physical characteristics

The absolute magnitude of Altamira is 13.6.