(7050) Shanekelly Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1982 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.

Shane Thomas Kelly (b. 1963) is an Irish meteorological officer who since 1999 has taken daily weather readings at Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland. His work, and that of the numerous assistant meteorological observers whom he has trained, is a significant contribution to the Observatory’s long-term climate archive, a unique record that began in 1794.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shanekelly is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shanekelly is 3.21 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7050
Provisional designation	1982 FE3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	15.6 km (#2,982 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0600
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.04
Orbital period	4.68 years
Semi-major axis	2.80 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.28 – 3.32 au
Eccentricity	0.186
Inclination	7.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.27 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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