(180855) Debrarose Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 April 2005 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.

Debra M. Rose (b. 1959) is a Senior Program Manager for Research and Development at the Southwest Research Institute, and served as a Payload Instrument Sequencer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Debrarose is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Debrarose is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number180855
Provisional designation2005 GO205
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.15
Orbital period3.49 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.0940
Inclination4.34°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

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

Also named after someone called Debra

Also discovered on 11 April 2005

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