(767828) Conovici Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 December 2014 by EURONEAR at Roque de los Muchachos.
Matei Conovici (b. 1978) is a Romanian amateur astronomer and software engineer. In 2011 he built his Ostrov Observatory, a roll-off dome used mainly for astrophotography, then helped two friends to build theirs. He participated in the EURONEAR SuprimeCam data mining project.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #26, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Conovici is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Conovici is 3.27 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 767828 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 YL74 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0566 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.