(41458) Ramanjooloo Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Yudish Ramanjooloo (b. 1985) is a Junior Researcher at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, USA. His main research interests include studying near-Earth objects, and the interaction between solar wind and the induced magnetosphere of comets, and exoplanets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ramanjooloo is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ramanjooloo is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number41458
Provisional designation2000 NN14
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.20 km (#12,271 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0400
Absolute magnitude (H)16.0
Orbital period3.61 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.78 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.246
Inclination3.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.765 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 5 July 2000

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