(37154) Chuckfeeney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 November 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Chuck Feeney (1931–2023) was an Irish-American businessman and philanthropist. Believing that “a shroud has no pockets,” he quietly gave away nearly all his fortune ($8 billion) during his lifetime, lived simply, avoided fame, and embodied “Giving While Living”.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #9, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chuckfeeney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chuckfeeney is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37154 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VZ58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.53 km (#9,671 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.108 |
| Rotation period | 4.39 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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