(45690) Janiradebaugh Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Jani Radebaugh (b. 1970) is an American planetary scientist and professor of geological sciences at Brigham Young University specializing in geomorphology, planetary geology, and volcanology. She contributed to the formulation of the Dragonfly mission to send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #3, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Janiradebaugh is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janiradebaugh is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number45690
Provisional designation2000 EL146
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.18 km (#12,323 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.279
Absolute magnitude (H)14.1
Orbital period4.22 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.12 – 3.10 au
Eccentricity0.189
Inclination12.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.16 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 4 March 2000

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