(29619) Kapurubandage Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kapurubandage Dinesh Anuruddha Chithrananda Kapuge Pubudu (b. 1994) was awarded first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Mihinthale Central College, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kapurubandage is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kapurubandage is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29619 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SO134 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.24 km (#16,714 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.223 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 5.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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