(167976) Ormsbymitchel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 2005 by V. Reddy at Goodricke-Pigott.
Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel (1809-1862) was an astronomer who founded the Cincinnati Observatory and later became director of the Dudley Observatory. He published the first popular journal of astronomy (The Sidereal Messenger) in the United States and confirmed that the star Antares is a double star.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ormsbymitchel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ormsbymitchel is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 167976 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GS8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.98 km (#8,954 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0955 |
| Inclination | 5.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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