(552708) Odmangovender Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 2006 by P. De Cat at Uccle.
Carolina Ödman-Govender (1974–2022) was a Swiss physicist who was a professor of astrophysics at South Africa's University of the Western Cape. She reshaped the ways science is communicated to the public and received awards from the IAU and from South Africa's National Science and Technology Forum for her groundbreaking work.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Odmangovender is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Odmangovender is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 552708 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 NU119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 6.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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