(92893) Michaelperson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 2000 by S. D. Kern at Cerro Tololo.
Michael J. Person (b. 1970) is currently a planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He specializes in occultation studies of small bodies in the outer solar system, especially Neptune I (Triton), (134340) Pluto and (134340) Pluto I (Charon).Naming citation (20090607/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelperson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelperson is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 92893 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QE247 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 2.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.991 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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