(45517) Jett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Jacob (b. 1986) and Caitlin Jett (b. 1986) are a husband and wife team of amateur astronomers who not only observe together but have fabricated much of their own astronomical equipment. Using this equipment they also conduct educational outreach. Jacob is a professional paleontologist in Colorado.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Jett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jett is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 45517 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BE31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.65 km (#13,563 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.174 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0527 |
| Inclination | 2.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Caitlin
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