(29898) Richardnugent Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 April 1999 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Richard Nugent (b. 1955) has degrees in positional astronomy and worked for NASA in the 1980s on orbital navigation, instrument pointing and image analysis. An occultation observer since 1990, he traveled worldwide on 120 expeditions, including many eclipses in a concerted effort to measure the solar radius. He is the longtime Executive Secretary of IOTA.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Richardnugent is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Richardnugent is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29898 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 HG1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.55 km (#5,382 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.147 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.16 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0213 |
| Inclination | 8.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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