(7703) Jimcooney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
James “Jim” Cooney (b. 1975) is an American award-winning senior lecturer of astronomy at the University of Vermont. His research interests include cosmology and the large-scale structure of the universe. He is a popular science communicator and co-host of the astronomy podcast Walkabout the Galaxy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jimcooney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jimcooney is 2.03 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7703 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.19 km (#7,423 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 21.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.910 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 September 1991
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