(66843) Pulido Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 1999 by J. M. Roe at Oaxaca.
Alfonso Pulido (b. 1945) developed the free computer program Elbrus used by amateur and professional astronomers around the globe to derive the center of configurations of stars for use in high-precision telescope control.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pulido is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pulido is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 66843 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.38 km (#9,922 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.232 |
| Inclination | 3.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alfonso
All asteroids named after someone called Alfonso
Also discovered on 1 November 1999
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