(212403) Marthakusterer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 May 2006 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Martha B. Kusterer (b. 1957) is an American senior software engineer retired from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She developed software tools and internet resources for the PEPSSI charged particle spectrometer data analysis in support of the NASA New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper belt object Arrokoth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marthakusterer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marthakusterer is 2.89 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 212403 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 JQ60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 1.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.838 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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