(10494) Jenniferwest Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 1986 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Jennifer West (b. 1979) earned her PhD in Astronomy at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and joined the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto in 2016. She received the Dark Sky Defender Award from the International Dark Sky Association in 2011 and the RASC's Ken Chilton Prize in 2010 for her contributions to astronomy education and outreach.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jenniferwest is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jenniferwest is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10494 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 QO3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,400 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Inclination | 3.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.858 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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