(162466) Margon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 May 2000 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Bruce Margon (b. 1948) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. He is known for his contributions to observational high-energy astrophysics, especially the elucidation of the exotic properties of the star SS~433, which ejects opposed relativistic jets of gas.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Margon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Margon is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 162466 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JA90 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.87 km (#10,879 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0946 |
| Inclination | 0.959° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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