(346999) Evalilly Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 February 2010 by Pan-STARRS 1 at Haleakala.

Eva Lilly (b. 1982) is a Slovak-American Astronomer. She earned her PhD in astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava. After working at the University of Hawaiʻi for the Pan-STARRS survey she became a senior research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Her research includes planetary defense, comets and trans-Neptunian objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Evalilly is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evalilly is 2.86 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number346999
Provisional designation2010 CQ183
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.84
Orbital period4.58 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.63 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.0480
Inclination4.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.61 au

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

Also named after someone called Eva

Also discovered on 15 February 2010

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