(146985) Yakelinromero Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 August 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.

Yakelin Lizbeth Romero Triviños (b. 1988) is a Peruvian software engineer. She works on the software behind the NEOCC Portal, the ESA site devoted to monitoring near-Earth asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yakelinromero is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yakelinromero is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number146985
Provisional designation2002 PM11
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.8
Orbital period3.54 years
Semi-major axis2.32 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.89 – 2.76 au
Eccentricity0.189
Inclination3.51°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.876 au

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

Also discovered on 5 August 2002

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