(234750) Amymainzer Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 July 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Amy Mainzer (b. 1974) is an American astronomer and member of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) team. She was the principal investigator of a project to enhance WISE's ability to find new minor planets. The name was suggested by H. Bill.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amymainzer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amymainzer is 3.14 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 234750 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 NX69 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.53 km (#7,081 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0220 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 19.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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