(450931) Coculescu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2008 by EURONEAR at La Silla.
Nicolae Coculescu (1866-1952) was a Romanian astronomer who founded and became the first director of the Bucharest Astronomical Observatory in 1908. His interests and doctoral studies at Sorbona were in planetary perturbations and celestial mechanics. He was also a professor at the University of Bucharest.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Coculescu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Coculescu is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 450931 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 EX154 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0587 |
| Inclination | 5.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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