(47862) Nancyramos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Nancy L. Ramos (b. 1994) is an American administrator and the Executive Assistant to the PI Office for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. She provides administrative, logistical, and technical support to the mission team.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nancyramos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nancyramos is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 47862 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ED175 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.29 km (#8,525 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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