(667514) Pozonunez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 June 2011 by EURONEAR at Cerro Tololo.
Francisco Pozo Nuñez (b. 1986) is a Chilean astrophysicist working on active galactic nuclei and time-domain astronomy. He developed advanced techniques in photometric reverberation mapping and used telescopes in Chile and Israel for this research. Francisco is a collaborator with the EURONEAR project.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 30), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pozonunez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pozonunez is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 667514 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 LZ31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 4.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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