(9279) Seager Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Sara Seager (b. 1971) is a professor of physics and planetary science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An expert and textbook editor in the field of exoplanets, she is also dedicated to innovative small satellite technologies for exoplanet transit and asteroid detections.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seager is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seager is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9279 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EY12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.76 km (#13,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.261 |
| Rotation period | 141 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 8.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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