(29660) Jessmacalpine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jessie Leanne Preston MacAlpine (b. 1995) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Huron Park Secondary School, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-06-13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessmacalpine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessmacalpine is 1.97 au from the Sun and 1.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29660 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WE20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.97 km (#17,063 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.240 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 3.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.975 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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