(236616) Gray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 May 2006 by P. A. Wiegert at Mauna Kea.
David Frank Gray (b. 1938) is a stellar spectroscopist who has advanced our knowledge of stellar rotation, magnetic fields,granulation and turbulence, oscillations and star spots. He was President of IAU Commission 36 from 1988 to 1991 and Director of the Elginfield Observatory in London (Canada) from 1991 to 2011.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-08-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Gray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gray is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 236616 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 JR61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0450 |
| Inclination | 1.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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