(217492) Howardtaylor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2006 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Howard W. Taylor (b. 1969) is an American electrical engineer from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He helped calibrate, test, and provide data management for the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Howardtaylor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Howardtaylor is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 217492 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 HG127 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.06 km (#15,077 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 0.704° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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