(75846) Jandorf Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Harold “Hal” Jandorf (b. 1948) is a well-liked professor of astronomy at Los Angeles Valley College in Valley Glen, California. He is also adjunct faculty at Moorpark College in California, has authored several editions of Experiences in Astronomy and is a popular outreach speaker with the Ventura County Astronomical Society.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jandorf is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jandorf is 2.76 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 75846 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BN34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0736 |
| Inclination | 5.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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