(178603) Pinkine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 February 2000 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Nickalaus Pinkine (b. 1967) is a manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as a Deputy Mission Operations Manager for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pinkine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pinkine is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 178603 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CV107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.227 |
| Inclination | 1.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.840 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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