(130072) Ilincaignat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Luminita Ilinca Ignat (b. 1968) is the Canadian Space Agency's Deputy Project Manager for the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter. Prior to serving in this role, she was the CSA Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor/Near InfraRed Imager and Slitless Spectrograph.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ilincaignat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ilincaignat is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 130072 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VL198 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.87 km (#10,878 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 9.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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