(711824) Infante Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2003 by D. D. Balam at Maunakea.
Leopoldo Infante (b. 1955) is a Chilean astronomer and the current director of Las Campanas Observatory. Leopoldo Infante is a former graduate student of the University of Victoria (Canada) and a staff scientist at Carnegie Science and has made major contributions to the field of observational cosmology.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Infante is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Infante is 2.89 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 711824 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 QM279 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0822 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.