(249539) Pedrosevilla Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 April 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Pedro Sevilla (b. 1967) is an engineer who worked on the payload electronics and focal planes of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-01-16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pedrosevilla is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pedrosevilla is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 249539 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 HY7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.98 km (#15,275 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 7.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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