(117614) Hannahmclain Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 March 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Hannah McLain (b. 1985) is an astrobiologist at the Goddard Space Flight Center supporting organic contamination analysis for the OSIRIS-REx Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hannahmclain is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hannahmclain is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number117614
Provisional designation2005 EU94
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.21
Orbital period5.08 years
Semi-major axis2.96 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.87 – 3.05 au
Eccentricity0.0299
Inclination5.48°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.86 au

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

Also named after someone called Hannah

Also discovered on 8 March 2005

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