(114649) Jeanneacker Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 March 2003 by B. Christophe at Saint-Sulpice.

Jeanne Christophe (née Acker) is the discoverer's mother. She encouraged him in his youth to build his first telescope and enabled him to join the Societé Astronomique de France at the age of 12.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jeanneacker is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeanneacker is 3.47 au from the Sun and 4.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number114649
Provisional designation2003 EN52
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.51 km (#8,237 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0790
Absolute magnitude (H)14.68
Orbital period5.78 years
Semi-major axis3.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.94 – 3.50 au
Eccentricity0.0882
Inclination9.97°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.94 au

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

Also named after someone called Jeanne

Also discovered on 6 March 2003

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