(750032) Jinca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 2014 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Marcel Jinca (b. 1968) is a Romanian amateur astronomer. Since 2009 he has led the Gorj county branch of the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy. Marcel does public outreach in schools, museums and summer camps. He publishes an astronomical yearbook, books and training pupils for astronomy Olympiad.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jinca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jinca is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 750032 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 QB375 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 16.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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