(43224) Tonypensa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anthony Pensa (b. 1943) provided leadership and expertise in the space surveillance community since joining MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 1969. As head of the Laboratory's Aerospace Division (1996-2001) he oversaw the initiation of the LINEAR program. This naming is on the occasion of his retirement as assistant director.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonypensa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonypensa is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43224 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AP165 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.04 km (#12,644 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.248 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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