(7093) Jonleake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 July 1992 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
As Science and Environment Editor for The Sunday Times, British journalist Jonathan Richard Leake (b. 1959) frequently writes on astronomical topics. He is unique in having received both a Post-Science Journalism Award from The Number Watch website in 2001 and a subsequent recantation.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jonleake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jonleake is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7093 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 OT |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.27 km (#12,109 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.292 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.916 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 July 1992
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- (8686) Akenside
- (9194) Ananoff
- (10350) Spallanzani
- (10799) Yucatan
- (12742) Delisle
- (16583) Oersted
- (29244) Van Damme
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- (2128) Wetherill
- (2143) Jimarnold
- (2220) Hicks
- (2335) James
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