(249302) Ajoie Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 2008 by M. Ory at Vicques.
Ajoie is the name of a region in the North of Swiss Jura. The main city in Ajoie is Porrentruy.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ajoie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ajoie is 4.79 au from the Sun and 5.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 249302 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 UM7 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.98 km (#7,685 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 7.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 5.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.301 |
| Inclination | 5.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.