(174361) Rickwhite Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Richard L. White (b. 1953) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for the FIRST radio survey covering the Sloan sky area, for studies of quasars, and for the creation of image processing algorithms for compression and deconvolution.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rickwhite is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rickwhite is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 174361 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TV315 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 11.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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