(39167) Opitom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Cyrielle Opitom (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh who is an expert in comet observations, including measuring the isotopic ratios in cometary comae.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Opitom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Opitom is 3.46 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39167 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WT130 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.11 km (#8,761 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 1.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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