(9460) McGlynn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 1998 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Named in honor of Thomas A. McGlynn (b. 1956), currently the chief archive scientist for the High Energy Science Archive Research Center at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He has played an instrumental role in developing archives and analysis systems for many satellites. His research efforts include studies of diffuse γ-ray emission and emission from active galactic nuclei, as well as n-body calculations of the effects of interacting systems. He has developed the SkyView virtual observatory and the SkyMorph web site, which allows Internet users to access imagery and object information from the NEAT project database and to search for moving or variable objects therein.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McGlynn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McGlynn is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9460 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HS30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.14 km (#6,439 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.121 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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