(454350) Paolaamico Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 April 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Paola Amico (b. 1964) is a systems engineer at the European Southern Observatory. She has been a key member of teams that have developed and installed detector systems and instrumentation at the world's largest ground-based telescopes, including ESO's Very Large Telescope and the W. M. Keck Observatory.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-03-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paolaamico is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paolaamico is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 454350 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 LH24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.46 km (#16,337 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.106 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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