(411717) Cherylreed Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 2004 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Cheryl Reed (b. 1960) is a Program Director at Northrop Grumman, after a long career spent at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She has been involved in the program management of numerous space missions, and led the Double Asteroid Redirection Test from its conception to its confirmation as NASA's first planetary defense test mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #5, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cherylreed is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cherylreed is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 411717 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 BL8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Inclination | 6.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.996 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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