(7228) MacGillivray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1985 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Named in honor of Sally M. MacGillivray of Sky Publishing Corporation. With an early bent for music and philosophy, followed by 20 years' experience in book publishing, she brought to the Millennium Star Atlas (1997) an elegance that is rare in a scientific work and evokes bibliophilic traditions. As publication manager of this collaborative venture with the European Space Agency's Hipparcos project, she masterfully orchestrated the many iterations by two teams of illustrators needed to complete the 1548 charts in the atlas. Name suggested by R. W. Sinnott and endorsed by the discoverer.Naming citation (19980211/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where MacGillivray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: MacGillivray is 2.29 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7228 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 GO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 4.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sally
All asteroids named after someone called Sally
Also discovered on 15 April 1985
- (3527) McCord
- (3663) Tisserand
- (4175) Billbaum
- (4532) Copland
- (4569) Baerbel
- (5100) Pasachoff
- (6371) Heinlein
- (8474) Rettig
More named asteroids discovered by E. Bowell
- (2246) Bowell
- (2264) Sabrina
- (2270) Yazhi
- (2316) Jo-Ann
- (2356) Hirons
- (2357) Phereclos
- (2383) Bradley
- (2409) Chapman
- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
- (2421) Nininger
- (2432) Soomana
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