(347016) Haydnhuntley Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 February 2010 by Pan-STARRS 1 at Haleakala.

J. Haydn Huntley (b. 1963) is an American software engineer who earned his MS in Computer Science from Indiana University in 1992. He has worked with the Pan-STARRS team since 2011. Haydn has wide-ranging interests, including inventing and adventuring.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Haydnhuntley is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haydnhuntley is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number347016
Provisional designation2010 DR77
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.32 km (#16,565 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0330
Absolute magnitude (H)17.52
Orbital period4.09 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.29 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.103
Inclination14.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

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

Also discovered on 16 February 2010

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