(196938) Delgordon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 2003 by D. Healy at Junk Bond.
Del Gordon (b. 1958) is software/systems engineer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at Northrop Grumman Corporation and has been an active member and officer of the Huachuca Astronomy Club since 2003. He received the Astronomical League's Webmaster of the Year award for the Club's website, hacastronomy.com.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Delgordon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Delgordon is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 196938 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 UO20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.9 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 6.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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