(9207) Petersmith Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Peter H. Smith (b. 1947), planetary scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, participated in the LPL Radial Velocity project and led the development of multispectral stereoscopic cameras flown to Mars. He is a coinvestigator on the descent imager aboard the Huygens probe.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Petersmith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Petersmith is 2.64 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9207 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 SF12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,477 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0814 |
| Inclination | 1.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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