(257336) Noeliasanchez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 May 2009 by OAM at La Sagra.
Noelia Sanchez (b. 1975) is an aeronautical engineer and co-founder of the DEIMOS space company, where she works as Head of the Space Situational Awareness Division for NEO and Space Debris. She is a specialist on software for mission analysis and space debris tools related to collision risk algorithms.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Noeliasanchez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Noeliasanchez is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 257336 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 JA1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.13 km (#7,481 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 29.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.