(316202) Johnfowler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 June 2010 by WISE at WISE.
John Fowler (b. 1942) is an American scientist who has worked on a variety of NASA missions, including Viking, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, the Two Micron All-Sky Survey, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johnfowler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johnfowler is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 316202 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 MX54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.51 km (#16,248 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0822 |
| Inclination | 3.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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