(350032) Josephhunt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 February 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Joseph Hunt (b. 1956) is an American engineer specializing in spacecraft operations. He has served as the mission manager and flight director for numerous NASA projects, including NEOWISE, the Spitzer Space Telescope, Cassini, Topex Poseidon and others, enabling an enormous breadth of scientific results.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Josephhunt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Josephhunt is 3.01 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 350032 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 JH151 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.34 km (#14,363 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 10.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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