(123120) Peternewman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 2000 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Peter R. Newman (b. 1954) is a British astronomer and a significant contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.Naming citation (20110517/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peternewman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peternewman is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 123120 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SQ372 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.82 km (#13,176 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.146 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0533 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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