(165192) Neugent Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by L. H. Wasserman at Cerro Tololo.
Kathryn F. Neugent (b. 1987), research assistant at Lowell Observatory and computer scientist at the MITRE Corporation, has discovered hundreds of yellow supergiants and Wolf-Rayet stars in nearby galaxies. As an undergraduate she studied Kronos family minor planets and the rings of Saturn. Name suggested by P. Massey.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Neugent is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Neugent is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 165192 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QD235 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0776 |
| Inclination | 5.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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