(165574) Deidre Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 February 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Deidre Ann Hunter (b. 1953), an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, is interested in small irregular galaxies. She runs the Lowell Observatory Navajo-Hopi Astronomy Outreach Program.Naming citation (20110615/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Deidre is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deidre is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number165574
Provisional designation2001 DH105
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.62 km (#13,652 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0640
Absolute magnitude (H)15.94
Orbital period4.25 years
Semi-major axis2.62 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.28 – 2.97 au
Eccentricity0.131
Inclination10.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.30 au

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

Also discovered on 16 February 2001

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