(47786) Michaelleinbach Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Michael Leinbach (b. 1953) is an American aerospace engineer who was the last launch director in the Space Shuttle program. He was responsible for overall shuttle launch countdown activities from 2001 to 2011, and led the debris reconstruction and preservation of Columbia after the 2003 accident. Michael was awarded the Presidential Rank Award.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelleinbach is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelleinbach is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 47786 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EQ20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.5 km (#2,424 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Rotation period | 3.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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