(185579) Jorgejuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 January 2008 by OAM at La Sagra.
Jorge Juan y Santacilia (1713–1773) was a Spanish sailor who founded the Royal Observatory of Madrid in 1757. He measured the length of the terrestrial meridian and determined that Earth is an oblate spheroid.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #5, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jorgejuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jorgejuan is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 185579 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 BS16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0480 |
| Inclination | 6.59° |
| 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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