(45687) Pranverahyseni Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Pranvera Hyseni (b. 1995) is the founder and Director of Astronomy Outreach of Kosovo, the largest non-profit astronomy outreach organization in that country. She is an enthusiastic ambassador for Kosovo amateur astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-11-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pranverahyseni is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pranverahyseni is 2.86 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number45687
Provisional designation2000 EK140
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter13.4 km (#3,568 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0350
Rotation period17.9 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.29
Orbital period5.67 years
Semi-major axis3.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.85 – 3.51 au
Eccentricity0.103
Inclination16.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.86 au

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

Also discovered on 1 March 2000

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