(90308) Johney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
John Ey (b. 1952) is a photographer in Tucson who specializes in natural scenic images of the American west. He is also an amateur paleontologist primarily interested in carnivore dentition.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johney is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 90308 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FV14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.67 km (#13,539 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0473 |
| Inclination | 6.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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