(202930) Ivezic Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1998 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Željko Ivezić (b. 1965) is a Croatian-American astrophysicist, a Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope builder and a principal author of the SDSS Moving Object Catalogue.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #9, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ivezic is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ivezic is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 202930 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SG172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 4.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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