(8744)

(8744) Cilla is an asteroid that is part of the asteroid belt and was discovered on March 20, 1998 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team from the Experimental Test Site, in Socorro, United States.

Designation and name

Cilla was initially designated as 1998 FE₅₉. Later, in 1999, he was named in honor of Priscilla Annette (1994-1998), granddaughter of a Lincoln Laboratory team member.

Orbital characteristics

Cilla orbits at an average distance of 3,124 ua from the Sun, being able to get as close as 2,578 ua and as far as 3,669 ua. She has an orbital inclination of 2.608 degrees and an eccentricity of 0.1746. It takes 2017 days to complete one orbit around the Sun. Cilla's movement on the stellar background is 0.1785 degrees per day.

Physical characteristics

The absolute magnitude of Cilla is 13.4.