(333056) Bellamy Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 October 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Kelly Scott Bellamy (b. 1965) was the Mission Manager for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. Scott provided the day-to-day Program Office interface for mission execution. He also manages the DART and NEOCam asteroid missions for NASA.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bellamy is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bellamy is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333056
Provisional designation2011 SE226
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.52
Orbital period4.53 years
Semi-major axis2.74 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.32 – 3.16 au
Eccentricity0.153
Inclination8.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.33 au

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

Also named after someone called Kelly

Also discovered on 16 October 2007

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