(71555) Manuecharpentier Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier (b. 1968) is a French professor of microbiology, genetics and biochemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for the discovery of a method of genome editing through CRISPR.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Manuecharpentier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manuecharpentier is 3.40 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 71555 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DY15 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 5.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 2.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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