(7259) Gaithersburg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 March 1994 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura.
Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a city to the north of Washington, D.C. Located at the agreed latitude of +39°08´, one of the six stations of the International Latitude Service was established there in 1899, and it is now the home of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.Naming citation (20020128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaithersburg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaithersburg is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7259 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 EG1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 19.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.