(118768) Carlosnoriega Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Carlos I. Noriega was born in 1959 in Peru and became an astronaut in 1996. He was a mission specialist for both the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that docked with the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to deliver and install solar arrays to the International Space Station.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2021-01-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carlosnoriega is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carlosnoriega is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 118768 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QY233 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0823 |
| Inclination | 6.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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