(52860) Meganediet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Mégane Diet (b. 1988) is a French Optical Ground Station engineer at Centre National d'Études Spatiales. She led to the creation of the fourth telescope in New-Caledonia as TAROT (Telescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires) project manager. She is committed to nature, with a taste for yoga and the pleasures of natural life.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #7, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meganediet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meganediet is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52860 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0294 |
| Inclination | 6.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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