(29827) Chrisbennett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 February 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Christopher James Bennett (b. 1979) is a British professor at the Department of Physics, University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida). He has done extensive work on chemical pathways on organic-rich asteroids that lead to the formation of the building blocks of life.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chrisbennett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrisbennett is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29827 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 DQ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.36 km (#8,430 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 5.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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