(39415) Janeausten Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was one of the greatest English novelists. Her novel Pride and Prejudice has been made into a motion picture several times.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janeausten is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janeausten is 3.28 au from the Sun and 4.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39415 |
| Provisional designation | 4231 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.04 km (#5,735 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.117 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 7.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.15 – 4.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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