(75969) Backhouse Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Thomas William Backhouse (1842–1920) had an observatory on the roof of his house in Sunderland, England. He observed meteors, variable stars, novae, aurorae, Zodiacal Light, Green Flash, Gegenschein, comets and eclipses (including four total solar). In 1858 he began his “astronomical journal” diary, which ran for 36 volumes.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Backhouse is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Backhouse is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	75969
Provisional designation	2000 CE112
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.08 km (#8,803 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0910
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.67
Orbital period	5.40 years
Semi-major axis	3.08 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.79 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity	0.0926
Inclination	9.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.79 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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