(333614) Boyd Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Emma Boyd (b. 1993) is an American engineer who was a Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer for OSIRIS-REx. She also supports other Deep Space Exploration programs at Lockheed Martin such as Mars Odyssey, MAVEN and Spitzer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #2, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Boyd is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boyd is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333614 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RN247 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.78 km (#11,056 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0180 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 2.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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