(81948) Eno Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Brian Peter George Eno (b. 1948) is an experimental sculptor of sound who has worked with many musicians in his career, notably as an iconic duo with Robert Fripp. Along with Fripp, he is from the research and development branch of music intermingled with Oblique Strategies.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-05-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Eno is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eno is 3.62 au from the Sun and 4.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 81948 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OM69 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.42 km (#9,855 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 2.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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