(97509) Pierrehaenecour Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Pierre Haenecour (b. 1987) is a Belgian cosmochemist and planetary scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, specializing in the study of presolar grains (stardust) and organics in primitive astromaterials. He is a member of the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team and the Quick Look team, which was the first to examine the sample.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #25, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pierrehaenecour is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pierrehaenecour is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 97509 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CC112 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.53 km (#11,570 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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