(308753) Daniellezemp Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 May 2006 by P. A. Wiegert at Mauna Kea.

Danielle Zemp (b. 1964) is a Swiss administrator who has been the backbone supporting astrophysicists at the Center for Space and Habitability of the University of Bern and at the International Space Science Institute in Bern, Switzerland for many years. She shares a lifelong fascination with astronomy with her father.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #3, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Daniellezemp is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daniellezemp is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number308753
Provisional designation2006 JD79
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.9
Orbital period3.78 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.96 – 2.90 au
Eccentricity0.194
Inclination1.11°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.941 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Danielle

Also discovered on 1 May 2006

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