(117652) Joseaponte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
José Aponte (b. 1981) is an astrobiologist at the Goddard Space Flight Center for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. His research emphasis is in organic chemistry in meteorites.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joseaponte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joseaponte is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117652 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 EY161 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,207 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0692 |
| Inclination | 8.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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