(301263) Anitaheward Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2009 by R. Miles at Haleakala.
Anita Heward (b. 1974) is a freelance science communicator working for Europlanet, the Royal Astronomical Society and Twinkle space mission. She was the founder of the British Festival of Space, assisted in establishing the UK National Space Centre in Leicester, UK, and encourages gender equality in science.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-05-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anitaheward is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anitaheward is 1.88 au from the Sun and 0.923 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 301263 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 BB77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 9.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.888 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.