(166745) Pindor Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.

Bartosz Pindor (b. 1975) is an Canadian astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for work on gravitationally-lensed quasars.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pindor is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pindor is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number166745
Provisional designation2002 TV307
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.52
Orbital period5.62 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.00 – 3.31 au
Eccentricity0.0491
Inclination12.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.99 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 4 October 2002

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