(276163) Tafreshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 June 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Babak Amin Tafreshi (b. 1978) is an Iranian-born photographer, journalist and amateur astronomer. He was the winner of the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award for Scientific Photography, and the founder of The World at Night project in order to preserve the night sky from light pollution.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tafreshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tafreshi is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 276163 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 LV62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.03 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 4.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.