(84200) Robertmoore Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 2002 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Robert Moore (b. 1923), an engineer involved in the space industry in southern California from the 1960s through the 1990s, spent most of his career at Thompson-Ramo-Woldridge. Highlights of his work were with the Mercury program, Titan missiles, Fleetsatcom and the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robertmoore is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robertmoore is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 84200 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 RM122 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.04 km (#6,541 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0844 |
| Inclination | 7.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.95 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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