(454505) Suntharalingam Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 January 2010 by WISE at WISE.

Vyshnavi Suntharalingam (b. 1968) has led the development of advanced visible CCD and CMOS detectors at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. She has helped create larger format devices that can be assembled into mosaics.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-03-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Suntharalingam is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suntharalingam is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number454505
Provisional designation2014 OS180
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.49
Orbital period5.83 years
Semi-major axis3.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.94 – 3.54 au
Eccentricity0.0925
Inclination11.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.93 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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