(623031) Cartaya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 March 2015 by R. P. Boyle K. Äernis at Mount Graham.
Pedro Pablo Cartaya Gonzalez-Llorente, SJ, (b. 1936) is a Cuban-American astronomer. He is managing director of the Belen Observatory at the Belen Jesuit School in Miami, a high school observatory with 22 telescopes, whose alumni include a number of scientists and engineers active in the field of space science.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #17, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cartaya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cartaya is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 623031 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 GP61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.960 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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