(48628) Janetfender Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1995 by AMOS at Haleakala.
Janet Fender, chief scientist of the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, is personally responsible for initiating the contact between Eleanor Helin of JPL and Paul Kervin of AMOS, resulting in AMOS support for the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janetfender is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janetfender is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48628 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 RD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.51 km (#16,241 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.405 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 8.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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