(105222) Oscarsaa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Oscar Miguel Saa Martinez (1942-2013) managed telescope operations at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory from 1982 to 2010, and kindly mentored generations of observatory staff and astronomers.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-08-10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oscarsaa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oscarsaa is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 105222 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OS69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0932 |
| Inclination | 5.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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