(41003) Romy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Romy Hanna (b. 1976) is an American planetary scientist at the University of Texas at Austin and an expert on the formation and evolution of carbonaceous meteorites and asteroids. On the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid (101955) Bennu she found evidence of phyllosilicate decomposition caused by space weathering.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Romy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Romy is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41003 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UZ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.54 km (#9,649 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 2.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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