(733086) Virgiliupop Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 2012 by EURONEAR at Roque de los Muchachos.
Virgiliu Pop (b. 1974) is a Romanian space lawyer and educator, whose past work at the Romanian Space Agency gained international recognition. A member of the International Academy of Astronautics, he has pioneered research and legislation on space resources, his book Who Owns the Moon? shaping the legal status of asteroids and other celestial bodies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #6, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Virgiliupop is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Virgiliupop is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 733086 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 OZ398 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.98 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0830 |
| Inclination | 0.916° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.