(65688) Jarnac Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1990 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Jarnac is an observatory located in southern Arizona, from which David Levy has enjoyed the night sky for more than half a century. David was a long-time collaborator with the discoverer of this minor planet.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #25, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jarnac is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jarnac is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65688 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VD8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.46 km (#8,295 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.277 |
| Inclination | 3.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.946 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 November 1990
- (4718) Araki
- (4805) Asteropaios
- (5138) Gyoda
- (5139) Rumoi
- (5191) Paddack
- (5214) Oozora
- (5238) Naozane
- (6195) Nukariya
- (6246) Komurotoru
- (13057) Jorgensen
- (23475) Nakazawa
- (43793) Mackey
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- (2748) Patrick Gene
- (2773) Brooks
- (2834) Christy Carol
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