(53435) Leonard Amor
Discovered on 9 November 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Gregory J. Leonard (b. 1963) is an American geologist and planetary scientist. He has contributed to studies of alpine glaciers and hazards, the geology of terrestrial planets, and near-Earth asteroid surveys. With the Catalina Sky Survey he has discovered many near-Earth asteroids and comets, including the naked-eye comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #16, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Leonard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leonard is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 53435 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VM40 |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Rotation period | 5.19 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.20 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.483 |
| Inclination | 15.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.205 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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