(189930) Jeanneherbert Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 September 2003 by D. Healy at Junk Bond.

Jeanne Herbert (b. 1958), a grants management specialist for the Bisbee (Arizona) Unified School District, is an active member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club. She is noted for her enthusiastic outreach efforts, particularly in introducing children to astronomical observing.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jeanneherbert is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeanneherbert is 2.57 au from the Sun and 1.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number189930
Provisional designation2003 SR200
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.57 km (#11,486 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0370
Absolute magnitude (H)15.85
Orbital period4.67 years
Semi-major axis2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.49 – 3.10 au
Eccentricity0.109
Inclination4.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.50 au

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

Also named after someone called Jeanne

Also discovered on 22 September 2003

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