(29701) Peggyhaas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 December 1998 by CSS at Catalina.
Peggy Haas (née Beryl Godfrey) (1912–1997) was an assistant to William H. Pickering in Jamaica. There she met and later married Walter Haas who in 1947, started the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO). She was indispensable to the ALPO in work on the Journal, as librarian from 1966 to 1985.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peggyhaas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peggyhaas is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29701 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YT6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.58 km (#11,472 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Rotation period | 5.91 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 17.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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