(65241) Seeley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2002 by CSS at Catalina.
Bob Seeley (b. 1929) is an accomplished Detroit pianist, playing music from Gershwin and Debussy to Scott Joplin, but is best known for his “boogie” performances heard in concerts throughout the midwest U.S. and around the world.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seeley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seeley is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65241 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 EP110 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.54 km (#9,659 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 8.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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