2187 La Silla

2187 La Silla, provisionally designated 1976 UH, is a small, stony asteroid in the main-belt, calculated to be about 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Danish astronomer Richard Martin West at ESO's La Silla site in northern Chile on 24 October 1976. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–2.8 AU once every 4 years (1,475 days). It has a rotation period of 24 hours. The S-type asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family. It is named after the mountain in the Chilean Atacama desert on the top of which the European Southern Observatory is situated.

2187 La Silla

2187 La Silla, provisionally designated 1976 UH, is a small, stony asteroid in the main-belt, calculated to be about 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Danish astronomer Richard Martin West at ESO's La Silla site in northern Chile on 24 October 1976. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–2.8 AU once every 4 years (1,475 days). It has a rotation period of 24 hours. The S-type asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family. It is named after the mountain in the Chilean Atacama desert on the top of which the European Southern Observatory is situated.