(35646) Estela Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Estela Fernández-Valenzuela (b. 1983) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL). Her studies include trojan asteroids and photometry of and stellar occultations by trans-Neptunian objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Estela is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Estela is 3.32 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35646 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KO66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.25 km (#7,372 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Rotation period | 9.95 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 4.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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