(166749) Sesar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Branimir Sesar (b. 1980) is a Croatian-American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for mapping the Galactic halo with RR Lyrae stars selected from SDSS stripe 82 region.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sesar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sesar is 3.36 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 166749 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TV366 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.49 km (#8,265 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 October 2002
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- (90022) Apache Point
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- (113952) Schramm
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- (135980) Scottanderson
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- (142758) Connolly
- (142759) Covey
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