(237397) Mccauleyrench Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 1998 by M. W. Buie at Anderson Mesa.
Rebecca McCauley Rench (b. 1985) is an American NASA management scientist, who helped further the exploration of the Kuiper Belt by serving as the program scientist for the New Horizons mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 33), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mccauleyrench is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mccauleyrench is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 237397 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AQ9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 5.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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