(137165) Annis Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1999 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Jim Annis (b. 1961) is an American astronomer and a builder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Dark Energy Survey, best known for work on clusters of galaxies.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annis is 3.63 au from the Sun and 3.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 137165 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FP68 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.84 km (#13,138 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 9.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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