(48461) Sabrinamaricia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1991 by Helin, E. F., Cohen, S. at Palomar.
Sabrina Maricia Cohen (b. 2005) is the daughter of the second discoverer. They have enjoyed many Palomar College planetarium visits together and now she can be part of the show.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sabrinamaricia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sabrinamaricia is 1.98 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48461 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RN6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.50 km (#9,716 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.247 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.749 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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