(10480) Jennyblue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 May 1982 by Palomar at Palomar.
Jennifer S. Blue (b. 1954), of the U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, has been the sine qua non of the IAU Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature since 1995, serving both as its secretary and as the keeper of the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jennyblue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jennyblue is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10480 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 JB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.17 km (#14,781 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.193 |
| Rotation period | 5.36 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0832 |
| Inclination | 2.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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