(38245) Marcospontes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1999 by Jacques, C., Duczmal, L. at Wykrota.
Marcos Cesar Pontes (b. 1963) is the first Brazilian to become an astronaut. He was chosen by the Brazilian Space Agency in 1998 to begin training at NASA. He graduated in 2000 in the seventeenth astronaut class as Mission Specialist.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marcospontes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marcospontes is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38245 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 PF4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0816 |
| Inclination | 1.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marcos
All asteroids named after someone called Marcos
Also discovered on 12 August 1999
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