(770175) Flueras Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 2015 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Horatius Flueras (b. 1979) is a Romanian amateur astronomer and Ph.D. sociology researcher from Cluj-Napoca. He co-founded the Andromeda Astroclub, co-built a roll-off observatory in Feleacu and has participated in many public outreach and educational events.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Flueras is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Flueras is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 770175 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 XC10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 15.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.