(117411) Adellehelble Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Adelle Helble (b. 1984) is an American engineer who served as Acting Program Manager for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program. In this role she supported NASA’s planetary defense program by managing funding and coordination of efforts to find, track, and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #3, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adellehelble is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adellehelble is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117411 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 AH12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.69 km (#13,487 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0498 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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