(29772) Portocarrero Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Isaac Christopher Portocarrero-Mora (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Colegio Vocacional Monsenor Sanabria, San Jose, Costa Rica.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Portocarrero is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Portocarrero is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29772 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CH31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.20 km (#10,250 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.150 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0312 |
| Inclination | 3.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Isaac
All asteroids named after someone called Isaac
Also discovered on 10 February 1999
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- (16013) Schmidgall
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