(155290) Anniegrauer Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 December 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Patricia Ann (“Annie”) Purnell Grauer (b. 1942) is an American photographer, cook, homemaker, writer and a student of the night sky. She took and developed photographic images on glass plates with many of the telescopes on Kitt Peak, including the Mayall 4-m.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anniegrauer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anniegrauer is 3.36 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 155290 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 XJ40 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.99 km (#7,670 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 5.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.10 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0468 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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