(11067) Greenancy Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 February 1992 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.

Boston-born Nancy Green (b. 1952) studied violoncello at the Juilliard School, made her debut at Lincoln Center, studied in London with Jacqueline du Pré and taught 'cello at London's Guildhall School. A teacher at the University of Arizona since 1995, she performs and records internationally.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Greenancy is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Greenancy is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11067
Provisional designation1992 DC3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.29 km (#8,521 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.257
Absolute magnitude (H)13.36
Orbital period5.11 years
Semi-major axis2.97 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.71 – 3.23 au
Eccentricity0.0869
Inclination2.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.72 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Nancy

Also discovered on 25 February 1992

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