(177667) Schieven Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2005 by Jarnac at Vail-Jarnac.
Gerald Henry Moriarty Schieven (b. 1958) is a Canadian astronomer who obtained his PhD at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Gerald was President of the RASC London Centre in 1980. He has worked at JPL, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the Herzberg Millimetre Astronomy Group.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schieven is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schieven is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 177667 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 EV37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0582 |
| Inclination | 4.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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