(52030) Maxvasile Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 August 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Massimiliano Vasile (b. 1970) is a professor of Space Systems Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. He has developed innovative techniques for the design and optimization of space trajectories and is an astrodynamics expert. He is leader of the EuTN STARDUST project on asteroid and space debris monitoring and mitigation.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maxvasile is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maxvasile is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52030 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 PX33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 4.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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