(71669) Dodsonprince Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Helen Dodson Prince (1905-2002) was an astronomer known for her work on solar flares at the University of Michigan and the McMath-Hulbert Observatory. She was the Observatory's associate director and received the Annie Jump Cannon Award in 1955.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dodsonprince is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dodsonprince is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 71669 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EH157 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.23 km (#5,590 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 15.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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