(111660) Jimgray Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 January 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
James (Jim) N. Gray (1944-2007) was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 “for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation”. He also provided fundamental contributions to the SDSS project.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jimgray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jimgray is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 111660 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AP205 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.12 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0405 |
| Inclination | 9.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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