(207013) Fischetti Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 October 2004 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.

Joel T. Fischetti (b. 1993) is an American engineer at KinetX Aerospace. He served as an orbit determination analyst for the NASA New Horizons Mission to Arrokoth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fischetti is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fischetti is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number207013
Provisional designation2004 TC354
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.21
Orbital period4.00 years
Semi-major axis2.52 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 2.91 au
Eccentricity0.155
Inclination1.31°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.13 au

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

Also named after someone called Joel

Also discovered on 11 October 2004

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