(75842) Jackmonahan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Jack Monahan (b. 1945) is a Navy veteran, science and math teacher and a dedicated OSIRIS-REx Ambassador who assists the University of Arizona's, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory with public events. He volunteers at the Pima Air and Space Museum's 390th Memorial Museum and other community youth groups.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-12-03), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jackmonahan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jackmonahan is 2.70 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 75842 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BE32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.14 km (#14,862 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 1.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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