(131764) Clauteodorescu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 January 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.

Claudiu Teodorescu (b. 1991) is a Romanian software engineer. He contributed to the maintenance of the NEOCC Portal, an ESA website focused on monitoring asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Clauteodorescu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Clauteodorescu is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number131764
Provisional designation2002 AZ11
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.1
Orbital period3.31 years
Semi-major axis2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.92 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.136
Inclination2.32°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.928 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 10 January 2002

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