(71615) Ramakers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Theo Ramakers (b. 1943) is Assistant Coordinator for the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) Solar Section. He has been instrumental in organizing the large database of tens of thousands of images and observations from amateur astronomers around the world, making them available on the ALPO website.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ramakers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ramakers is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 71615 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EM20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 12.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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