(694537) Vintdevara Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 August 2015 by EURONEAR at La Palma.

Ciprian Vîntdevară (b. 1984) is a Romanian public-outreach staff member at the Vasile Pârvan Museum in Bârlad, where he upgraded the Astronomical Observatory and founded the Perseus Astroclub. He has given many presentations at the Planetarium and has organized camps and summer schools.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #1, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Vintdevara is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vintdevara is 2.77 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number694537
Provisional designation2015 SS28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.73
Orbital period5.70 years
Semi-major axis3.19 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.59 – 3.79 au
Eccentricity0.189
Inclination15.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.60 au

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

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