(81859) Joetaylor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joseph H. Taylor (b. 1941), pulsar hunter extraordinaire, is also a Nobel laureate and MacArthur fellow. The naming is on the occasion of his retirement as a professor at Princeton University in Sept. 2006.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joetaylor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joetaylor is 2.94 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 81859 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KP69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 7.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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