(178987) Jillianredfern Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 2001 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Jillian A Redfern (b. 1979) is a Manager for Research and Development at the Southwest Research Institute, and served as an Alice UV Spectrometer Instrument Sequencer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jillianredfern is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jillianredfern is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 178987 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QD306 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0819 |
| Inclination | 8.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.