(8377) Elmerreese Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Elmer J. Reese (b. 1919), American amateur astronomer, was an important contributing observer in the early years of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, serving on its volunteer staff. His hypothesis of subsurface sources to explain the South Equatorial belt disturbances at the cloud deck on Jupiter is well known.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elmerreese is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elmerreese is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8377 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SD1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.54 km (#11,546 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.341 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0973 |
| Inclination | 9.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (8382) Mann
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