(62666) Rainawessen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 October 2000 by G. Hug at Eskridge.
Raina Wessen (b. 1994) has been the Key Club Treasurer and Associated Student Body Treasurer at Marshall Fundamental High School. She has held positions in her community for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Huntington Memorial Hospital and the Pasadena Humane Society.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rainawessen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rainawessen is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 62666 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 TA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.47 km (#5,435 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 176 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 9.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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