(105613) Odedaharonson Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Oded Aharonson (b. 1973) is a professor at the Weizmann Institute (Israel) studying Martian craters, Titan lakes, and lunar formation. He served as science P.I. for Beresheet, the first Israeli spacecraft to the Moon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Odedaharonson is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Odedaharonson is 1.88 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number105613
Provisional designation2000 RX100
Orbit classInner Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.29 km (#17,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.460
Absolute magnitude (H)16.15
Orbital period2.67 years
Semi-major axis1.92 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.81 – 2.04 au
Eccentricity0.0597
Inclination17.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.868 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 5 September 2000

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