(301622) Chastel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 February 2010 by Pan-STARRS 1 at Haleakala.
Serge Chastel (b. 1971) was a software engineer at the University of Hawaii in the United States. His work was focused on the Pan-STARRS Moving Object Processing System that is used to discover Near-Earth Objects. Serge is now a software engineer in private industry. In his free time, he is an avid scuba diver.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chastel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chastel is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 301622 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 DZ77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0999 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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