(70716) Mehall Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Greg Mehall (b. 1963) is Project Engineer for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer flying on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He was also instrument manager, systems engineer, and mission manager for the Mars Global Surveyor TES, Mars Odyssey THEMIS, and Mars Exploration Rovers Mini-TES instruments.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mehall is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mehall is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 70716 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UF50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 6.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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