(117595) Jemmadavidson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Jemma Davidson (b. 1984) is a cosmochemist and meteoriticist specializing in the study of presolar grains and pristine chondrites to determine how minor bodies formed and evolved in the early Solar System. She was previously a Science Team collaborator and webmaster for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jemmadavidson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jemmadavidson is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117595 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 EG62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 16.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.