(169184) Jameslee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 2001 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
James E. Lee (b. 1958), NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, served as the NASA Program Manager for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jameslee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jameslee is 3.42 au from the Sun and 4.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 169184 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QQ306 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.72 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0971 |
| Inclination | 2.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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