(49106) Janry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Jean-Richard Geurts (Janry, b. 1957) is a Belgian comics artist famous for Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou. Janry is also an amateur astronomer who star gazes visually from his own backyard in Belgium and who is interested in everything related to astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #15, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janry is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 49106 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SY |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 4.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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