(170012) Anithakar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Ani Thakar (b. 1960) is an American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for his leading role in designing, maintaining and supporting the SDSS Catalog Archive Server (CAS) databases and the SkyServer web portal to the CAS.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anithakar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anithakar is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 170012 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TF359 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.36 km (#14,330 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0387 |
| Inclination | 4.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 October 2002
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- (90022) Apache Point
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- (113952) Schramm
- (127517) Kaikepan
- (133009) Watters
- (135979) Allam
- (135980) Scottanderson
- (142562) Graetz
- (142758) Connolly
- (142759) Covey
- (142760) Csabai