(7110) Johnpearse Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1983 by Perth Observatory at Bickley.
John Marshall Pearse (b. 1930) was a mechanical technician at the Perth Observatory from 1981 to 2006. Before working at the observatory he was employed by the Western Australian state shipping service, and he later built fishing boats for a company he co-owned.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johnpearse is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johnpearse is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7110 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 XH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.3 km (#3,300 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 7.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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