(193736) Henrythroop Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 March 2001 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.

Henry B. Throop (b. 1972) is a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. He served as a Science Team Collaborator and as a member of the Spacecraft Hazard Team for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Henrythroop is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Henrythroop is 3.32 au from the Sun and 4.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number193736
Provisional designation2001 FQ182
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.14
Orbital period5.20 years
Semi-major axis3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.61 – 3.39 au
Eccentricity0.130
Inclination2.82°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.60 au

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

Also named after someone called Henry

Also discovered on 25 March 2001

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