(103560) Peate Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
John Peate (1820-1902) was an amateur optician who fabricated large telescope mirrors in the late 19th century, culminating with a 62″ mirror in 1897, then the largest in the world. That mirror is now kept in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History in Washington DC.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peate is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peate is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 103560 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BZ31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 5.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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