(189795) McGehee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Peregrine McGehee (b. 1960) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. He is best known for his studies of star formation and the interstellar medium, and for his contributions to the SDSS I/II open cluster survey.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McGehee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McGehee is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 189795 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 ER159 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0647 |
| Inclination | 6.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.