(40706) Milam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Stefanie N. Milam (b. 1980) is an astrochemist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Her expertise ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum and from interstellar ices to evolved stars to solar system objects. She is Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science for the James Webb Space Telescope.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Milam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Milam is 3.23 au from the Sun and 4.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 40706 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RO240 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#5,008 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 18.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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