(723217) Levesque Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 2006 by Masiero, J., Jedicke, R. at Maunakea.
Emily Levesque (b. 1984) is an American astronomer who earned a Ph.D. at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2010. She won the Annie Jump Cannon Award in 2014, then joined the faculty in the astronomy department at the University of Washington. Emily studies astrophysics of massive stars, and wrote the popular science book The Last Stargazers.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #25, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Levesque is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Levesque is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 723217 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 RY111 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0838 |
| Inclination | 0.950° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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