(10464) Jessie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1979 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
Jessica Lynn “Jessie” Peterson (1994-2009), tragically killed when a tree fell on her, was a good student, athlete, artist and had a zest for life. The freak event has deeply saddened many in her home town of Harvard, Massachusetts, where this minor planet was discovered.Naming citation (20090607/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Jessie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessie is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10464 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 SC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.46 km (#14,064 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.337 |
| Rotation period | 4.03 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 4.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.996 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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