(41030) Mariawomack Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Maria Womack (b. 1963) is a researcher at the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL). She has served as a professor at multiple universities and a program director for the National Science Foundation. Her research includes studies of comets and active centaurs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mariawomack is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mariawomack is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41030 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UQ46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.43 km (#11,784 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.296 |
| Rotation period | 2.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0606 |
| Inclination | 14.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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