(5644) Maureenbell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Maureen E. Ockert-Bell (b. 1961), an image-processing specialist at Cornell University, has published results on the physical and optical properties of the Saturnian, Uranian and Jovian ring systems, on the physical and radiative properties of dust in Mars' atmosphere, and on clouds in Earth's atmosphere.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maureenbell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maureenbell is 3.34 au from the Sun and 4.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5644 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 QG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.9 km (#2,911 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0900 |
| Rotation period | 239 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Maureen
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