(724427) Sorinhotea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 November 2018 by EURONEAR at Roque de los Muchachos.
Sorin Hotea (b. 1982) is a Romanian informatics teacher and amateur astronomer from Sighetu Marmaţiei. In 2006 he founded the SARM Sighet astroclub, becoming active in astronomy education and public outreach online. Sorin has organized dark-skies camps, lectured at summer schools, written astronomy articles and offered public-stargazing sessions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #1, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sorinhotea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sorinhotea is 3.82 au from the Sun and 4.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 724427 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 YY86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.234 |
| Inclination | 8.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.