(617403) Boley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 2005 by D. D. Balam P. A. Wiegert at Maunakea.
Aaron C. Boley (b. 1980) is a Canadian Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of British Columbia. His research interests include planet formation and system evolution, proto-planetary disk evolution and the formation of meteorite parent bodies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Boley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boley is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 617403 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 BT47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0538 |
| Inclination | 15.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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