(171458) Pepaprats Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 2007 by OAM at La Sagra.
Pepa Prats Cruz (1964-2008) was the wife of the Spanish astrophysicist José Luis Ortiz, codiscoverer of this minor planet. She loved to travel with her husband for minor planet work to Observatorio de La Sagra. Her life was prematurely ended by cancer.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pepaprats is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pepaprats is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 171458 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 TF14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 1.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.831 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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