(868690) Fajardo-Acosta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 March 2016 by WISE at WISE.
Sergio Fajardo-Acosta (b. 1965) is a Mexican-American astronomer working at IPAC at Caltech. His research focuses on the study of young planetary systems, brown dwarfs, and white dwarfs at infrared wavelengths. Sergio is a member of the Spitzer Science Center Team, and the WISE, NEOWISE, and NEO Surveyor Science Data Center Teams.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #15, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fajardo-Acosta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fajardo-Acosta is 1.87 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 868690 |
| Provisional designation | 2016 FR14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.41 km (#16,434 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.70 – 4.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.449 |
| Inclination | 23.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.836 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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