(163640) Newberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Heidi Jo Newberg (b. 1965) is an American astronomer who wrote Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) software. Using SDSS data, she co-discovered the stellar density in the outer parts of the Milky Way to be lumpy, due to tidal disruption of smaller, infalling galaxies.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Newberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Newberg is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 163640 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 UB59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 8.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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