(50726) Anniemaunder Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) (1868–1947) was an Irish-English astronomer and solar observer at the Greenwich Observatory. She was the developer, with her husband E. Walter, of the butterfly diagram of sunspot latitudes during solar cycles.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anniemaunder is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anniemaunder is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50726 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EH147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0355 |
| Inclination | 3.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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