(187276) Meistas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 2005 by Cernis, K., Zdanavicius, J. at Moletai.
Edmundas Meištas (b. 1936), Lithuanian astronomer, worked in the field of stellar photometry. An expert in Galactic structure, interstellar extinction, asteroseismology of white dwarfs and photometric instrumentation, he is the author of more than 80 scientific papers and a writer of popular science articles.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #7, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meistas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meistas is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 187276 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 TM48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 4.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.