(149163) Stevenconard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2002 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Steven J. Conard (b. 1959) is an optical engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Lead Instrument Engineer for the LORRI instrument for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stevenconard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stevenconard is 3.71 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 149163 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 GF31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.69 km (#8,012 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.214 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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