(170022) Douglastucker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Douglas Tucker (b. 1965) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for his work in the photometric calibration of large imaging surveys, and for the analysis of the Las Campanas Redshift Survey data.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Douglastucker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Douglastucker is 2.87 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 170022 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 UO66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0232 |
| Inclination | 3.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Douglas
- (12494) Doughamilton
- (13358) Revelle
- (17925) Dougweinberg
- (18774) Lavanture
- (19433) Naftz
- (21527) Horton
- (25133) Douglin
- (29980) Dougsimons
- (65657) Hube
- (128795) Douglaswalker
- (151657) Finkbeiner
- (172951) Mehoke
All asteroids named after someone called Douglas
Also discovered on 30 October 2002
- (55637) Uni
- (114024) Scotkleinman
- (114025) Krzesinski
- (114026) Emalanushenko
- (114027) Malanushenko
- (142822) Czarapata
- (161215) Loveday
- (163641) Nichol
- (170023) Vogeley
- (179901) Romanbrajsa