(7182) Robinvaughan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Robin M. Vaughan (b. 1959) worked for the Voyager 2, Galileo, Cassini and Mars Pathfinder missions and was lead guidance and control system engineer for the MESSENGER spacecraft. In 2004 she was accorded Engineer of the Year award by the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robinvaughan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robinvaughan is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7182 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RV1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.0 km (#3,151 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Rotation period | 8.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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