(7460) Julienicoles Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 May 1984 by J. Gibson at Palomar.

Julie Laine Nicoles (b. 1986) has worked as a life guard, as a caregiver for her grandmother, and for several years at the Sylvan Learning Center and the Jasper Elementary school in Rancho Cucamonga, California. She is now a student at Chaffey College nearby.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Julienicoles is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Julienicoles is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number7460
Provisional designation1984 JN
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.36 km (#11,921 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0700
Absolute magnitude (H)15.42
Orbital period3.78 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.124
Inclination3.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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