(71556) Page Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 2000 by D. S. Dixon at Las Cruces.
Gary L. Page (b. 1947) is a physicist and astrophysicist at the George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, who investigates the presence and effects of non-baryonic matter in the solar system.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Page is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Page is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 71556 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DW17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.17 km (#12,345 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.212 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0989 |
| Inclination | 9.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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