(358894) Demetrescu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 April 2008 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Gheorghe Demetrescu (1885-1969) was a Romanian astronomer and mathematician, director of the Bucharest Observatory and professor at Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca universities. He worked in celestial mechanics, solar eclipses and stellar dynamics.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #14, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Demetrescu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Demetrescu is 3.20 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 358894 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 GD44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0470 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.