(436149) Edabel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 2009 by D. R. Skillman at Front Royal.
Ed Abel (b. 1944) is an active member of the Mountain Meadows, W Va, astronomy group. This is a community of advanced amateur astronomers that purchased adjacent mountaintop properties for their telescopes/observatories. It is one of the few remaining dark sites near the East Coast of the US.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edabel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edabel is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 436149 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 VL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 8.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.861 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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