(41000) Aomawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Aomawa Shields (b. 1975) is an American astronomer, astrobiologist, mother, actor, and science communicator. She studied Jovian satellites at the Arecibo Observatory and currently focuses on exploring potential climates and habitability of exo-planets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aomawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aomawa is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41000 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UB9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.43 km (#7,170 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0102 |
| Inclination | 5.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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