(547779) Pogo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 December 2006 by M. W. Buie L. H. Wasserman at Kitt Peak.
A. Oscar Pogo (1927–2014) was a prominent Argentinian-American medical researcher and hematologist at the New York Blood Center. Working within the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, his pioneering molecular biology work reshaped the scientific understanding of blood group antigens, malaria resistance, and HIV transmission pathways.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #16, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Pogo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pogo is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 547779 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 VJ181 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0174 |
| Inclination | 1.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.