(137166) Netabahcall Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1999 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Neta Bahcall (b. 1942) is an Israeli-American astronomer and a builder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for her work on the large-scale structure of the universe, clusters of galaxies, dark matter, and observational cosmology.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Netabahcall is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Netabahcall is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 137166 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FS81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.86 km (#15,534 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.164 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0810 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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