(189312) Jameyszalay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 May 2006 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Jamey R. Szalay (b. 1988), an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University, served as a Student Dust Counter Instrument PhD student for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jameyszalay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jameyszalay is 3.32 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 189312 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 JN62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.54 km (#11,557 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.82 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 2.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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