(35419) Beckysmethurst Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Rebecca (Becky) Smethurst (b. 1990) is a British astrophysicist currently working at the University of Oxford. Her research concerns galaxies and their supermassive black holes. She maintains a very high quality YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beckysmethurst is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beckysmethurst is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35419 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AC6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.16 km (#16,837 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0657 |
| Inclination | 6.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 January 1998
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- (15945) Raymondavid
- (15946) Satinsky
- (31201) Michellegrand
- (52655) Villermaux
- (55897) Antoinecailleau
- (85559) Villecroze