(163624) Moorthy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Bhasker Moorthy (b. 1978) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for his work on stellar populations in bulges of spiral galaxies.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Moorthy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moorthy is 3.40 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 163624 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TD366 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0790 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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