(56561) Jaimenomen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 May 2000 by Starkenburg at Heppenheim.
Jaime Laureano Nomen Torres (b. 1960) is the most prolific discoverer of minor planets at the Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca. He designed the robotic telescope systems used for the “Unicorn Project” to search for minor planets and comets. He works as an odontologist in Barcelona and Tarragona.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jaimenomen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaimenomen is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 56561 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JG7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.34 km (#16,536 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 7.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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