(2763) Jeans Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 July 1982 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where Jeans is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeans is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2763 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 OG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.51 km (#7,097 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.412 |
| Rotation period | 7.80 hours |
| Spectral type | V |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 3.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.868 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 July 1982
More named asteroids discovered by E. Bowell
- (2246) Bowell
- (2264) Sabrina
- (2270) Yazhi
- (2316) Jo-Ann
- (2356) Hirons
- (2357) Phereclos
- (2383) Bradley
- (2409) Chapman
- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
- (2421) Nininger
- (2432) Soomana
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