(843293) Tanaselia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2016 by EURONEAR at Roque de los Muchachos.
Claudiu Tănăselia (b. 1983) is a Romanian physicist whose research interests includes mass spectrometry and meteoritics. He is a space enthusiast active in Romanian-language space-science popularization through print, online, radio, and television media, including Știință și Tehnică (Science and Technology) magazine.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanaselia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanaselia is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 843293 |
| Provisional designation | 2016 EU80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.