(109330) Clemente Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2001 by R. A. Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott.
Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (1934-1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He died in a plane crash attempting to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in Managua, Nicaragua. He was the first Latin American player enshrined in the Hall of Fame.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Clemente is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Clemente is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 109330 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QW142 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.85 km (#13,115 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0932 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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