(185560) Harrykroto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2008 by OAM at La Sagra.
Sir Harry Walter Kroto (b. 1939), Fellow of the Royal Society, is an English chemist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert F. Curl and Richard E. Smalley for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, and the related class of molecules, the fullerenes.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Harrykroto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Harrykroto is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 185560 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 AQ31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.33 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0847 |
| Inclination | 2.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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